The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Scotland) Regulations 2014

PART 2 S The charge: requirement to charge

Requirement to charge S

6.—(1) A supplier must charge for a single use carrier bag supplied new—

(a) at the place where goods are supplied, for the purpose of enabling the goods to be taken away; or

(b) for the purpose of enabling the goods to be delivered to any person.

(2) The amount that a supplier must charge for a single use carrier bag is the amount that will ensure that the consideration paid by the person supplied with the bag is, for each such bag, not less than [F1 10] pence.

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in reg. 6(2) substituted (1.4.2021) by The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/134), regs. 1, 2

Circumstances in which the requirement to charge does not apply S

7.— [F2 (1)] The requirement to charge in regulation 6 does not apply in relation to the supply of a single use carrier bag if the bag is used for a purpose described in paragraph 1 of the Schedule.

[F3 (2) Until 0001 hours on [F4 31 May 2021], the requirement to charge in regulation 6 does not apply in relation to the supply of a single use carrier bag if the bag is used for a purpose described in paragraph 1A of the schedule.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Reg. 7(1): words in reg. 7 renumbered as reg. 7(1) (2.4.2020) by The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/118), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)

F3 Reg. 7(2) inserted (2.4.2020) by The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/118), regs. 1, 2(2)(b)

F4 Words in reg. 7(2) substituted (29.1.2021) by The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/53), regs. 1, 2