| Guvnor

Status: In Force

What it defines

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

54 other provisions — procedural and definitional

s.001 Citation, commencement and application

s.001 Imposition of a fixed monetary penalty or compliance notice

s.002 Interpretation

s.002 Notice of intent

s.003 Relevant devices: transitional provision

s.003 Third party undertakings

s.004 Offence: supply of single-use plastic straws to an end user

s.004 Final notice

s.005 Exemption: retail pharmacy businesses

s.005 Contents of final notice: fixed monetary penalty

s.006 Exemption: catering establishments

s.006 Contents of final notice: compliance notice

s.007 Exemption: relevant devices and medical purposes

s.007 Appeals against final notice

s.008 Exemption: packaging

s.008 Criminal proceedings

s.009 Exemption: other establishments

s.009 Stop notices

s.010 Offence: supply of single-use plastic stemmed cotton buds to an end user

s.010 Contents of a stop notice

s.011 Exemption: relevant devices and medical purposes

s.011 Appeals against stop notices

s.012 Exemption: forensic purposes

s.012 Completion certificates

s.013 Exemption: scientific purposes

s.013 Appeals against decision not to issue a completion certificate

s.014 Offence: supply of plastic drink stirrers

s.014 Compensation

s.015 Transitional provision: supply of existing stock

s.015 Appeal against compensation decision

s.016 Defence of due diligence for suppliers

s.016 Offence

s.017 Time limit for the prosecution of offences

s.017 Enforcement undertakings

s.018 Enforcement

s.018 Contents of an enforcement undertaking

s.019 Civil sanctions

s.019 Acceptance of an enforcement undertaking

s.020 Powers of entry and examination etc.

s.020 Discharge of an enforcement undertaking

s.021 Publication of information about enforcement action

s.021 Appeals against decision not to issue a certificate

s.022 Guidance

s.022 Inaccurate, misleading or incomplete information

s.023 Additional guidance

s.023 Non-compliance with an enforcement undertaking

s.024 Review

s.024 Non-compliance penalties

s.025 Appeals against non-compliance penalties

s.026 Withdrawing or amending a notice

s.027 Enforcement cost recovery notices

s.028 Appeals against enforcement cost recovery notices

s.029 Power to recover payments

s.030 Appeals: general provisions

Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.

The Environmental Protection (Plastic Straws, Cotton Buds and Stirrers) (England) Regulations 2020

What it defines