The Single Use Carrier Bags
Charge (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations (Northern Ireland)
2022
Made 9th February 2022
Coming into operation 1st April 2022
These Regulations amend the Single Use Carrier Bags Charge
Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (“the 2013 Regulations”).
Regulation 3 amends the definition of “net proceeds of the
charge” in the 2013 Regulations which stipulates how net proceeds
should be calculated, to reflect the new minimum price at which
sellers are required to charge customers for each carrier bag
supplied new.
Regulation 4 amends regulation 6 of the 2013 Regulations to
increase the minimum price at which sellers are required to
charge customers for each carrier bag supplied new from 5p to
25p.
Regulation 5 amends regulation 9 of the 2013 Regulations to
reflect that a seller should keep a record of the amount received
and the VAT payable by way of the new 25p element of the charge.
Regulation 6 amends Schedule 1 to the 2013 Regulations to amend
the existing exemption on bags priced at 20p and above to bags
priced at over £5 (“the threshold”). It also removes the existing
exemptions on:
bags for purchases on board ships, trains, aircraft, coaches or
buses;
bags for purchases within restricted areas in airports with the
exception of sealed transit bags;
gusseted liners.
Regulation 6 also removes three exemptions for a variety of
smaller bags and introduces a new replacement exemption for bags
up to one overall size and made of any material in order to
simplify the process for consumers and retailers.
Regulation 6 also amends the definition of “supplementary
prescriber”, “nurse independent prescriber”, “optometrist
independent prescriber” and “pharmacist independent prescriber”
to correct an error in the 2013 Regulations.
Regulation 7 revokes the Single Use Carrier Bags Charge
(Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021.
