Single-Use
Plastics etc. (Exemptions) (Jersey) Order 2025
Official
Consolidated Version
This is an official version of consolidated legislation compiled and
issued under the authority of the Legislation (Jersey) Law 2021.
Showing the law from 1 August 2025 to Current
Single-Use
Plastics etc. (Exemptions) (Jersey) Order 2025
1 Interpretation
In this Order, “Law”
means the Single-Use Plastics etc.
(Restrictions) (Jersey) Law 2021.
2 Certain bags exempt
from Articles 2 and 4 of Law
(1) Articles 2 (trader must not supply certain single-use
or non-recyclable items) and 4 (trader must not import certain single-use or
non-recyclable items) of the Law do not apply to a prohibited item
(excluding a single-use vape) supplied, or imported to be supplied, for the
following purposes –
(a) as packaging for uncooked
meat, poultry or fish (or products made from uncooked meat, poultry or fish)
packaged on the trader’s premises;
(b) as a container for live fish
or other live aquatic animals;
(c) as a container for an item prescribed by a registered medical practitioner;
(d) to be used for the
intended purpose of food storage or containing waste (for example, freezer bags, pet waste bags, nappy sacks and refuse bin
liners);
(e) to allow compliance with
security requirements at a port (for example, sealable plastic bags used to
contain duty-free purchases and clear plastic bags used to contain liquids);
(f) as integral product
packaging in which products are sealed before supply;
(g) as
a foil-lined paper carrier bag that is a container for hot food;
(h) as a bag, which can be
purchased by an individual as a sole item without the purchase of other goods,
to be used to wrap gifts.
(2) In
this Article –
“fish” includes molluscs and crustaceans;
“port” has the meaning given in Article 1(1)
of the Customs and
Excise (Jersey) Law 1999;
“registered medical practitioner” means a person
registered as a medical practitioner under the Medical Practitioners
(Registration) (Jersey) Law 1960.
3 Certain bags donated to
charity exempt from Article 2 of Law
(1) Article 2
(trader must not supply certain single-use or non-recyclable items) of the Law
does not apply to a prohibited item (excluding a single-use vape) donated by a
trader to a registered charity, if the prohibited item was in Jersey
immediately before the commencement of the Law.
(2) In
this Article, “registered charity” has the meaning given in Article 1 of
the Charities
(Jersey) Law 2014.
4 Citation and
commencement
This Order may be cited as the Single-Use Plastics etc. (Exemptions)
(Jersey) Order 2025 and comes into force on 1 August 2025.