Amendment of Schedule 1 to the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 20202
In Schedule 1 to the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (exclusions from market access principles), after paragraph 12 there is inserted—
Single-use plastic items13
1
The United Kingdom market access principles do not apply to (and sections 2(3) and 5(3) do not affect the operation of) legislation so far as it prohibits the sale of—
a
single-use plastic straws;
b
single-use plastic stemmed cotton buds;
c
single-use plastic drink stirrers;
d
single-use plastic plates;
e
single-use plastic cutlery or chopsticks;
f
single-use plastic balloon sticks;
g
single-use food containers, drink containers or cups made wholly or partly from expanded or extruded polystyrene.
2
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—
a
a “single-use” item means an item which is not designed or intended to be re-used;
b
a “single-use plastic” item means a single-use item which is made wholly or partly from plastic.