Regulation 7
SCHEDULE 1E+W
ExemptionsE+W
1.—(1) The kinds of single use carrier bags to which regulation 6 does not apply are—
[F1(za)bags used solely to contain one or more items of the following kinds—
(i)unpackaged food for human or animal consumption;
(ii)unpackaged loose seeds, bulbs, corms or rhizomes;
(iii)any unpackaged axe, knife, knife blade or razor blade;
(iv)unpackaged goods contaminated by soil;
(v)items from the categories specified in sub-paragraph (2);]
F2(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F2(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F2(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F2(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e)bags used solely to contain packaged—
(i)uncooked fish or fish products;
(ii)uncooked meat or meat products;
(iii)uncooked poultry or poultry products,
and in respect of which the maximum dimensions are 205 millimetres (“mm”) (width) x 125 mm (gusset width) x 458 mm (height inclusive of handles);
F2(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(g)bags used to contain purchases made on board ships, trains, aircraft, coaches or buses;
(h)bags used to contain purchases made in an area designated by the Secretary of State as a security restricted area under section 11A of the Aviation Security Act 1982 M1;
[F3(i)mail order dispatch and courier bags;]
(j)bags which—
(i)are made wholly from paper;
(ii)have maximum dimensions of 175 mm (width) x 260 mm (height);
(iii)do not have a gusset; and
(iv)do not have a handle;
(k)bags which—
(i)are made wholly or mainly from plastic;
(ii)have maximum dimensions of 125 mm (width) x 125 mm (height);
(iii)do not have a gusset; and
(iv)do not have a handle;
(l)bags which—
(i)are made wholly from paper;
(ii)have maximum dimensions of 80 mm (width) x 50 mm (gusset width) x 155 mm (height); and
(iii)do not have a handle;
(m)gusseted liners used to line or cover boxes, crates or other containers of a similar nature;
(n)bags used solely to contain live aquatic creatures in water;
F4(o). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2) The specified categories are—
[F5(a)medicinal products or listed appliances sold in accordance with a prescription issued by a registered medical practitioner, a dentist, a supplementary prescriber, a nurse independent prescriber, an independent nurse prescriber, an optometrist independent prescriber, a pharmacist independent prescriber, a physiotherapist independent prescriber, a podiatrist or a chiropodist independent prescriber or an EEA health professional;]
(b)where sold F6...otherwise than in accordance with paragraph (a), pharmacy medicine.
(3) In this paragraph—
M2“dentist” (“deintydd”) means a person registered in the dentists register kept under section 14 of the Dentists Act 1984 ;
M3“EEA health professional” (“proffesiynolyn iechyd yr AEE”) has the meaning given in regulation [F7213(1) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012];
M4“independent nurse prescriber” (“nyrs sy'n rhagnodi'n annibynnol”) has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the [F8National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2013];
“listed appliances” (“cyfarpar rhestredig”) means listed appliances within the meaning of any of the following—
M9“medicinal product” (“cynnyrch meddyginiaethol”) has the meaning given in section 130 of the Medicines Act 1968;
“pharmacy medicine” (“meddyginiaeth fferyllol”) [F9has the meaning given in regulation 5(5) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012;]
[F10“physiotherapist independent prescriber” (“ffisiotherapydd-ragnodydd annibynnol”) has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2013;]
[F10“podiatrist or chiropodist independent prescriber” (“podiatrydd-ragnodydd neu giropodydd-ragnodydd annibynnol”) has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2013;]
“prescription only medicine” (“meddyginiaeth drwy bresgripsiwn yn unig”) [F11has the meaning given in regulation 5(3) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012;]
M10“supplementary prescriber” (“rhagnodydd atodol”), “nurse independent prescriber” (“nyrs-ragnodydd annibynnol”), “optometrist independent prescriber” (“optometrydd-ragnodydd annibynnol”) and “pharmacist independent prescriber” (“fferyllydd-ragnodydd annibynnol”) each have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in [F12regulation 8(1) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012];
“unpackaged” (“heb ei becynnu”) means wholly or partly unwrapped.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(za) inserted (1.10.2011) by The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2184), regs. 1(2), 8(1)(a)
F2Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(a)-(d) (f) omitted (1.10.2011) by virtue of The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2184), regs. 1(2), 8(1)(b)
F3Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(i) substituted (1.10.2011) by The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2184), regs. 1(2), 8(1)(c)
F4Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(o) omitted (1.10.2011) by virtue of The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2184), regs. 1(2), 8(1)(d)
F5Sch. 1 para. 1(2)(a) substituted (24.9.2014) by The National Health Service (Physiotherapist, Podiatrist or Chiropodist Independent Prescribers) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2291), regs. 1(1), 5(2)
F6Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(2)(b) omitted (1.10.2011) by virtue of The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2184), regs. 1(2), 8(2)
F7Words in Sch. 1(3) substituted (14.8.2012) by The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1916), reg. 1(2), Sch. 34 para. 101(a) (with Sch. 32)
F8Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(3) substituted (10.5.2013) by The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/898), reg. 1(2), Sch. 7 para. 6
F9Words in Sch. 1(3) substituted (14.8.2012) by The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1916), reg. 1(2), Sch. 34 para. 101(b) (with Sch. 32)
F10Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(3) inserted (24.9.2014) by The National Health Service (Physiotherapist, Podiatrist or Chiropodist Independent Prescribers) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2291), regs. 1(1), 5(3)
F11Words in Sch. 1(3) substituted (14.8.2012) by The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1916), reg. 1(2), Sch. 34 para. 101(c) (with Sch. 32)
F12Words in Sch. 1(3) substituted (14.8.2012) by The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1916), reg. 1(2), Sch. 34 para. 101(d) (with Sch. 32)
Marginal Citations
M11982 c. 36; section 11A was inserted by the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990 (c. 31), Schedule 1, paragraph 3; and amended by S.I. 2010/902, regulations 3 and 9(b).
M21984 c. 24; section 14 was substituted by S.I. 2005/2011, articles 2(1) and 6; and amended by S.I. 2007/3101, regulations 109 and 111.
M3S.I. 2008/1692, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
M4S.I. 1992/662; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2003/2624 (W. 252), S.I. 2007/205 (W. 19) and S.I. 2010/1647 (W.155).
M6S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14), amended by 1978/1907 (N.I. 26); there are other amendments but none is relevant.
M71978 c. 29; there are amendments to section 27 which are not relevant to these Regulations.
M91968 c. 67; section 130 was amended by S.I. 1994/3119, regulation 2(b); and S.I. 2005/50, regulation 25(1)(c) and (d); there are other amendments but none is relevant.
M10S.I. 1997/1830; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2003/696. S.I. 2004/1771, S.I. 2005/765, S.I. 2006/915, S.I. 2010/1621.