Statutory Instruments
2021 No. 598
Environmental Protection, England
The Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) (Amendment) Order 2021
Made
20th May 2021
Coming into force
21st May 2021
A draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 77(4) of, and paragraph 27(2) of Schedule 6 to, the Climate Change Act 2008( 1 ).
The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 90(3) and (5) of, and Schedule 6 to, the Climate Change Act 2008.
Citation and commencement
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) (Amendment) Order 2021.
(2) It comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
Amendment to the Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) Order 2015
2.The Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) Order 2015( 2 ) is amended in accordance with articles 3 to 11.
Amendment of article 1
3. In article 1—
(a) in the heading, for “, commencement and expiry”, substitute “and commencement”;
(b) omit paragraph (d).
Amendment of article 2
4. In article 2, for the definition of “seller”, substitute—
“ “seller”—
for the purposes of Schedule 3, has the meaning given in Schedule 1;
otherwise, means a person who sells goods; ” .
Amendment of article 3
5. In article 3, for “5”, substitute “10”.
Amendment of article 18
6. In article 18, in paragraph (2), after “5th October 2020,” insert “and afterwards at intervals not exceeding 5 years,”.
Amendment of article 19
7. Omit article 19.
Amendment of Schedule 1
8. In Schedule 1, in the heading, after “Sellers”, insert “for the purposes of Schedule 3”.
Amendment of Schedule 2
9. In Schedule 2, in paragraph 2—
(a) in sub-paragraph (1), after paragraph (j), insert—
| “ (k) Sealed transit bag | A bag which is intended to be used to carry alcohol or tobacco purchased in an area designated by the Secretary of State as a security restricted area under section 11A of the Aviation Security Act 1982 ( 3 ) and which is sealed after the item is placed in it. ” ; |
(b) in sub-paragraph (3), in the definition of “transit place”, omit the words from “or in an area” to the end.
Amendment of Schedule 3
10. In Schedule 3—
(a) in paragraph 1, omit sub-paragraph (5);
(b) in paragraph 2—
(i) omit sub-paragraph (4);
(ii) in sub-paragraph (5), omit the words from “and” to the end;
(c) in paragraph 3—
(i) in paragraph (b), omit the words from “7th” (the first time it appears) to “with”;
(ii) omit paragraph (c).
Amendment of Schedule 4
11. In Schedule 4—
(a) in paragraph 1, omit sub-paragraph (4);
(b) in paragraph 2—
(i) in sub-paragraph (1)(c), for “2022” substitute “2023”;
(ii) after sub-paragraph (1), insert—
“ (1A) Beginning with 5th October 2023, an administrator must publish a report for each consecutive three-year period (“the reporting period”). ” ;
(iii) in sub-paragraph (2)(c), for “2023” substitute “2024”;
(iv) after sub-paragraph (2), insert—
“ (2A) In relation to each report referred to in sub-paragraph (1A), the report must be published on or before 31st May in the third year of the reporting period for the report. ” .
Rebecca Pow
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
20th May 2021
S.I. 2015/776 , amended by S.I. 2020/324 .
1982 c. 36 , amended by S.I. 2010/902 , regulations 3 and 9(b) and the Civil Aviation Act 2012, section 78(6) and paragraphs 4 and 8(1) of Schedule 11.