SCHEDULE 1

Regulation 7

Exemptions1

1

The kinds of single use carrier bags to which regulation 6 does not apply are—

F1za

bags used solely to contain one or more items of the following kinds—

i

unpackaged food for human or animal consumption;

ii

unpackaged loose seeds, bulbs, corms or rhizomes;

iii

any unpackaged axe, knife, knife blade or razor blade;

iv

unpackaged goods contaminated by soil;

v

items from the categories specified in sub-paragraph (2);

F2a

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F2b

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F2c

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F2d

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e

bags used solely to contain packaged—

i

uncooked fish or fish products;

ii

uncooked meat or meat products;

iii

uncooked poultry or poultry products,

and in respect of which the maximum dimensions are 205 millimetres (“mm”) (width) x 125 mm (gusset width) x 458 mm (height inclusive of handles);

F2f

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g

bags used to contain purchases made on board ships, trains, aircraft, coaches or buses;

h

bags used to contain purchases made in an area designated by the Secretary of State as a security restricted area under section 11A of the Aviation Security Act 1982 M1;

F3i

mail order dispatch and courier bags;

j

bags which—

i

are made wholly from paper;

ii

have maximum dimensions of 175 mm (width) x 260 mm (height);

iii

do not have a gusset; and

iv

do not have a handle;

k

bags which—

i

are made wholly or mainly from plastic;

ii

have maximum dimensions of 125 mm (width) x 125 mm (height);

iii

do not have a gusset; and

iv

do not have a handle;

l

bags which—

i

are made wholly from paper;

ii

have maximum dimensions of 80 mm (width) x 50 mm (gusset width) x 155 mm (height); and

iii

do not have a handle;

m

gusseted liners used to line or cover boxes, crates or other containers of a similar nature;

n

bags used solely to contain live aquatic creatures in water;

F4o

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F16p

subject to sub-paragraph (1A), bags intended to be used solely for the purpose of carrying goods purchased—

i

for delivery as part of a grocery delivery service; or

ii

for collection as part of a service that provides for collection of groceries.

F171A

Bags falling within paragraph (p) of sub-paragraph (1) are exempted from the charge under regulation 6 only until midnight on F1831 December 2020.

2

The specified categories are—

F11a

medicinal products or listed appliances sold in accordance with a prescription issued by a registered medical practitioner, a dentist, a supplementary prescriber, a nurse independent prescriber, an independent nurse prescriber, an optometrist independent prescriber, a pharmacist independent prescriber, a physiotherapist independent prescriber, a podiatrist or a chiropodist independent prescriber F13, a therapeutic radiographer independent prescriberF15, a paramedic independent prescriber or an EEA health professional;

b

where sold F5...otherwise than in accordance with paragraph (a), pharmacy medicine.

3

In this paragraph—

  • M2“dentist” (“deintydd”) means a person registered in the dentists register kept under section 14 of the Dentists Act 1984 ;

  • M3“EEA health professional” (“proffesiynolyn iechyd yr AEE”) has the meaning given in regulation F6213(1) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012;

  • M4“independent nurse prescriber” (“nyrs sy'n rhagnodi'n annibynnol”) has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the F19National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2020;

  • “listed appliances” (“cyfarpar rhestredig”) means listed appliances within the meaning of any of the following—

    1. a

      M5section 80 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 ;

    2. b

      M6article 63 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 ;

    3. c

      M7section 27 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 ;

    4. d

      M8section 126 of the National Health Service Act 2006 ;

  • M9“medicinal product” (“cynnyrch meddyginiaethol”) has the meaning given in section 130 of the Medicines Act 1968;

  • F14“paramedic independent prescriber” (“parafeddyg-ragnodydd annibynnol”) has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the F19National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2020;

  • “pharmacy medicine” (“meddyginiaeth fferyllol”) F7has the meaning given in regulation 5(5) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012;

  • F10“physiotherapist independent prescriber” (“ffisiotherapydd-ragnodydd annibynnol”) has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the F19National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2020;

  • F10“podiatrist or chiropodist independent prescriber” (“podiatrydd-ragnodydd neu giropodydd-ragnodydd annibynnol”) has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the F19National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2020;

  • “prescription only medicine” (“meddyginiaeth drwy bresgripsiwn yn unig”) F8has the meaning given in regulation 5(3) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012;

  • M10“supplementary prescriber” (“rhagnodydd atodol”), “nurse independent prescriber” (“nyrs-ragnodydd annibynnol”), “optometrist independent prescriber” (“optometrydd-ragnodydd annibynnol”) and “pharmacist independent prescriber” (“fferyllydd-ragnodydd annibynnol”) each have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in F9regulation 8(1) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012;

  • F12“therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber” (“radiograffydd therapiwtig-ragnodydd annibynnol”) has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the F19National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2020;

  • “unpackaged” (“heb ei becynnu”) means wholly or partly unwrapped.