The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2020

Amendment of the Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Scotland) Regulations 2014

2.—(1) The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Scotland) Regulations 2014(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 7—

(a) the existing text becomes paragraph (1),

(b) after paragraph (1) insert—

“(2) Until 0001 hours on 3 October 2020, 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.”.

(3) In the schedule, after paragraph 1, insert—

“1A.   A single use carrier bag is used for a purpose described in this paragraph if it is used solely to contain—

(a) goods purchased for delivery as part of a grocery delivery service,

(b) goods purchased for collection as part of a service that allows a person to collect groceries ordered in advance, or

(c) pre-prepared food or drinks or, as the case may be, both, purchased for delivery or collection as part of a takeaway food service.”.

(1)

S.S.I. 2014/161, amended by S.S.I. 2015/159.