Schedule 9: Charges for single use items General power
Paragraph 1 provides a general power for the "relevant national authority" (as defined in section 55(2)) to make regulations about charging by sellers of goods or services for single use items in England and Wales and single use plastic items in Northern Ireland. Powers to define what is meant by "sellers" are set out in paragraph 3.
	Sub-paragraphs (2) and (4) define what a single use item is. Sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) define what a "single use plastic item" is. This is a manufactured item, which in the case of subparagraph (3) is made wholly or partly of plastic, that is likely to be used only once (or for a short period of time) before being disposed of, and which is supplied in connection with good or services.
	Sub-paragraphs (5) and (6) state that an item is supplied in connection with goods and services if it is supplied at the place the goods or services are sold so that the goods can be taken away, used consumed or delivered. For example, this might be a food container or other packaging made from plastic (in Northern Ireland) or plastic or any other material (in England and Wales).