Sch 1 para 1 Exemptions
(1) The kinds of single use carrier bags to which regulation 6 does not apply are— (za) bags used solely to contain one or more items of the following kinds— (i) unpackaged food for human or animal consumption; (ii) unpackaged loose seeds, bulbs, corms or rhizomes; (iii) any unpackaged axe, knife, knife blade or razor blade; (iv) unpackaged goods contaminated by soil; (v) items from the categories specified in sub-paragraph (2); (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (e) bags used solely to contain packaged— (i) uncooked fish or fish products; (ii) uncooked meat or meat products; (iii) uncooked poultry or poultry products, and in respect of which the maximum dimensions are 205 millimetres (“mm”) (width) x 125 mm (gusset width) x 458 mm (height inclusive of handles); (f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (g) bags used to contain purchases made on board ships, trains, aircraft, coaches or buses; (h) bags used to contain purchases made in an area designated by the Secretary of State as a security restricted area under section 11A of the Aviation Security Act 1982 ; (i) mail order dispatch and courier bags; (j) bags which— (i) are made wholly from paper; (ii) have maximum dimensions of 175 mm (width) x 260 mm (height); (iii) do not have a gusset; and (iv) do not have a handle; (k) bags which— (i) are made wholly or mainly from plastic; (ii) have maximum dimensions of 125 mm (width) x 125 mm (height); (iii) do not have a gusset; and (iv) do not have a handle; (l) bags which— (i) are made wholly from paper; (ii) have maximum dimensions of 80 mm (width) x 50 mm (gusset width) x 155 mm (height); and (iii) do not have a handle; (m) gusseted liners used to line or cover boxes, crates or other containers of a similar nature; (n) bags used solely to contain live aquatic creatures in water; (o) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (p) subject to sub-paragraph (1A), bags intended to be used solely for the purpose of carrying goods purchased— (i) for delivery as part of a grocery delivery service; or (ii) for collection as part of a service that provides for collection of groceries. (1A) Bags falling within paragraph (p) of sub-paragraph (1) are exempted from the charge under regulation 6 only until midnight on 31 December 2020 . (2) The specified categories are— (a) medicinal products or listed appliances sold in accordance with a prescription issued by a registered medical practitioner, a dentist, a supplementary prescriber, a nurse independent prescriber, an independent nurse prescriber, an optometrist independent prescriber, a pharmacist independent prescriber, a physiotherapist independent prescriber, a podiatrist or a chiropodist independent prescriber , a therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber , a paramedic independent prescriber or an EEA health professional; (b) where sold ...otherwise than in accordance with paragraph (a), pharmacy medicine. (3) In this paragraph— “ dentist ” (“ deintydd ”) means a person registered in the dentists register kept under section 14 of the Dentists Act 1984 ; “ EEA health professional ” (“ proffesiynolyn iechyd yr AEE ”) has the meaning given in regulation 213(1) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 ; “ independent nurse prescriber ” (“ nyrs sy'n rhagnodi'n annibynnol ”) has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2020 ; “ listed appliances ” (“ cyfarpar rhestredig ”) means listed appliances within the meaning of any of the following— 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 ; section 126 of the National Health Service Act 2006 ; “ medicinal product ” (“ cynnyrch meddyginiaethol ”) has the meaning given in section 130 of the Medicines Act 1968; “paramedic independent prescriber” ( “parafeddyg-ragnodydd annibynnol” ) has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2020 ; “ pharmacy medicine ” (“ meddyginiaeth fferyllol ”) has the meaning given in regulation 5(5) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012; “physiotherapist independent prescriber” (“ ffisiotherapydd-ragnodydd annibynnol ”) has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2020 ; “podiatrist or chiropodist independent prescriber” (“ podiatrydd-ragnodydd neu giropodydd-ragnodydd annibynnol ”) has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2020 ; “ prescription only medicine ” (“ meddyginiaeth drwy bresgripsiwn yn unig ”) has the meaning given in regulation 5(3) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012; “ supplementary prescriber ” (“ rhagnodydd atodol ”), “ nurse independent prescriber ” (“ nyrs-ragnodydd annibynnol ”), “ optometrist independent prescriber ” (“ optometrydd-ragnodydd annibynnol ”) and “ pharmacist independent prescriber ” (“ fferyllydd-ragnodydd annibynnol ”) each have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in regulation 8(1) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 ; “therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber” (“radiograffydd therapiwtig-ragnodydd annibynnol”) has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2020 ; “ unpackaged ” (“ heb ei becynnu ”) means wholly or partly unwrapped.