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59Record-keeping and publication of records

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(1)Carrier bag regulations may require records to be kept relating to charges made by sellers of goods for carrier bags (whether or not the charges are required by the regulations).

(2)The regulations may require—

(a)the records, or such other information as may be specified, to be published at such times and in such manner as may be specified;

(b)the records, or such other information as may be specified, to be supplied on request and in such manner as may be specified to—

(i)the Welsh Ministers,

(ii)an administrator, or

(iii)members of the public.

(3)The regulations may (for example) require the publication or supply of records or information relating to any of the following—

(a)the amount received by a seller of goods by way of charges for carrier bags (whether in accordance with the regulations or otherwise);

(b)the seller’s gross or net proceeds of the charge;

(c)the uses to which the net proceeds of the charge have been put.

(4)Carrier bag regulations may also require the publication or supply of records or information relating to the amount that a person has received from a seller by way of net proceeds of the charge to be applied to charitable purposes.

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