Meaning
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A SUCB means an unused bag made of lightweight plastic material with handles, other than an excluded bag.
The Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) Order 2015 SCHEDULE 2 — Single use carrier bags
Excluded bags
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(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (1A), the following are excluded bags— A bag which is sold for an amount not less than the minimum amount specified in article 3 and which— (i) is intended to be returnable to the seller from whom it was purchased to be replaced free of charge; (ii) is made from material the thickness of which is not less than 50 microns but not greater than 70 microns; and (iii) disregarding the width of any gussets, or the height of any handles extending above the main body of the bag— (aa) has a width and height greater (in each case) than 404 mm; and (bb) has a width or height greater (in either case) than 439 mm. (1A) Online grocery delivery bags are excluded bags from 21st March to 21st September 2020 only. (2) For the purposes of determining whether a bag falls within the description in paragraph 2(1)(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e), the fact that the bag may be intended to be used to contain items referred to in the description relating to any other of those bags is to be disregarded. (3) In sub-paragraph (1)— “ dentist ” means a person registered in the dentists register kept under section 14 of the Dentists Act 1984 ; “doctor”, “nurse independent prescriber”, “optometrist independent prescriber”, “pharmacist independent prescriber” and “supplementary prescriber” have the meaning given in regulation 8(1) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 ; “ EEA health professional ” has the meaning given in regulation 213(1) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012; “ independent nurse prescriber ” has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2013 ; “ listed appliance ” means a listed appliance within the meaning of— section 80 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 ; Article 63 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 ; section 27 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 ; or section 126 of the National Health Service Act 2006 ; “pharmacy medicine” and “prescription-only medicine” have the meaning given in regulation 5(3) and (5) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012; “ transit place ” means on board a ship, train, aircraft, coach or bus, ....
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