Commentary on Sections Section 3 – Prohibited single-use plastic products: power to amend
12.This section provides the Welsh Ministers with a regulation making power to amend the Schedule by:
	adding or removing a product in column 1 of the Table in the Schedule;
	adding or removing an exemption relating to a product in column 2 of the Table in the Schedule; and
	making other amendments in accordance with this section.
13.This section also requires the Welsh Ministers to consult the following before making regulations under the powers in section 3:
	local authorities,
	Natural Resources Wales and any other bodies appearing to the Welsh Ministers to be concerned with promoting the protection of the environment in Wales,
	such persons as the Welsh Ministers consider represent the interests of producers or suppliers of single-use plastic products in Wales,
	such persons as the Welsh Ministers consider represent the interests of people who have a protected characteristic within the meaning given in section 4 of the Equality Act 2010 (c. 15), and on whom the regulations may have a particular impact for that reason, and
	such other persons as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate.