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Scottish Statutory Instruments
Environmental Protection
Made
10th March 2021
Coming into force
1st April 2021
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 88 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009( 1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 96(4)( 2) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 and come into force on 1 April 2021.
2. In regulation 6(2) of the Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Scotland) Regulations 2014( 3), for “5” substitute “10”.
BEN MACPHERSON
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
10th March 2021
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Scotland) Regulations 2014.
Regulation 2 makes provision for the minimum amount that a supplier must charge for a single use carrier bag to be increased from 5 pence to 10 pence.
A Business Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared and placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Copies can be obtained from the Scottish Government Environmental Quality Division, Area 1-D North, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, EH6 6QQ, and online atwww.gov.scot/ISBN/978-1-80004-538-5.
Section 96(4) has been modified by paragraph 5 of schedule 3 to the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).
S.S.I. 2014/161, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.