PART 2Offences
Offence: supply of single-use plastic plates, trays or bowls to an end user
3.—(1) A person who, in the course of a business, supplies or offers to supply to an end user a single-use plastic plate, tray or bowl is guilty of an offence.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to the supply of a single-use plastic plate, tray or bowl that is packaging.
(3) Paragraph (1) is subject, in respect of a tray or bowl, to section 2 of the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020(1).
(4) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine.
(5) In this regulation, “packaging” has the same meaning as in regulation 3 of the Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2015(2).
Offence: supply of single-use plastic balloon sticks and cutlery
4.—(1) A person who, in the course of a business, supplies or offers to supply either of the following is guilty of an offence—
(a)a single-use plastic balloon stick;
(b)single-use plastic cutlery.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine.
Offence: supply of single-use polystyrene containers and cups
5.—(1) A person who, in the course of a business, supplies or offers to supply either of the following is guilty of an offence—
(a)a single-use polystyrene food or drink container;
(b)a single-use polystyrene cup.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine.
S.I. 2015/1640. Regulation 3 was amended in relation to England by S.I. 2019/188.