The Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (Wales) Regulations 2024
These Regulations, which apply in Wales, prohibit the supply of single-use vapes. They are made under powers conferred by section 140 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (“the 1990 Act”) and section 62 of the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 (“the 2008 Act”). The 1990 Act allows the Welsh Ministers to prohibit the use, supply, and storage of specified articles to prevent them from causing pollution of the environment and harm to the health of animals. It also allows them to confer powers corresponding to those under section 108 of the Environment Act 1995 on authorised persons, including powers of entry, examination, and investigation, for taking photographs and samples, and the search and seizure of documents. The 2008 Act allows the Welsh Ministers, when making secondary legislation creating a criminal offence, to make any provision which could be made under Part 3 of the 2008 Act. This includes the imposition of the following civil sanctions: fixed monetary penalties, variable monetary penalties, compliance notices, non-compliance penalties, stop notices and enforcement undertakings.