Commentary on Sections Section 2 – Prohibited single-use plastic products
8.This section establishes the concept of a ‘Prohibited single-use plastic product’ under the Act.
9.This section also introduces the Table in the Schedule to the Act which lists those products that are prohibited single-use plastic products for the purpose of the Act.
10.A person supplying or offering to supply a single-use plastic product listed in column 1 of the table in the Schedule to a consumer in Wales would be committing the offence under section 5, unless a corresponding exemption is listed in respect of that product in column 2 of the Table.
11.This section also requires Welsh Ministers to prepare and publish guidance about the single-use plastic products prohibited under the Act, and how any exemptions listed under column 2 of the Table should be applied.