The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Act 2023

1. Introductory Text

2. Prohibition on the supply of certain single-use plastic products

   1. 1. Key concepts: “plastic product”, “single-use” and “plastic”

   2. 2. Prohibited single-use plastic products

   3. 3. Prohibited single-use plastic products: power to amend

   4. 4. Power to amend: duties relating to sustainable development and reporting

3. Offence

   1. 5. Offence of supplying prohibited single-use plastic product

   2. 6. Offence: mode of trial and penalty

4. Enforcement

   1. 7. Enforcement action by local authorities

   2. 8. Power to make test purchases

   3. 9. Power of entry

   4. 10. Power of entry: residential premises

   5. 11. Power of entry: other circumstances requiring warrant

   6. 12. Powers of entry: supplementary

   7. 13. Power of inspection

   8. 14. Offence of obstruction etc. of officers

   9. 15. Retained property: appeals

   10. 16. Appropriated property: compensation

   11. 17. Civil sanctions

   12. 18. Offences committed by partnerships and other unincorporated associations

   13. 19. Criminal liability of senior officers etc.

5. General

   1. 20. Interpretation

   2. 21. Regulations

   3. 22. Coming into force

   4. 23. Short title

6. 1. SCHEDULE

      PROHIBITED SINGLE-USE PLASTIC PRODUCTS

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