Environment Protection Regulations 2021
134COffence to sell, supply, distribute or provide banned single-use plastic items
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134C Offence to sell, supply, distribute or provide banned single-use plastic items
(1) A person conducting a business or an undertaking must not, without a reasonable excuse, sell, supply, distribute or provide, or cause to sell, supply, distribute or provide, a banned single-use plastic item, whether free of charge or otherwise, other than in the circumstances specified in subregulation (2).
An infringement notice may be served for an offence against subregulation (1)—see regulation 169 and Schedule 10.
(2) A person does not contravene subregulation (1) if the person, on request, sells, supplies, distributes or provides a single-use plastic drinking straw to a person or entity that the person selling, supplying, distributing or providing the straw reasonably believes is a designated person or a person or entity acting on behalf of a designated person.
Reg. 134D inserted by S.R. No. 85/2022 reg. 7.