The Environmental Protection (Plastic Plates etc. and Polystyrene Containers etc.) (England) Regulations 2023

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.

(2)

S.I. 2015/1640. Regulation 3 was amended in relation to England by S.I. 2019/188.