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(1) The title of these Regulations is the Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wet Wipes) (Wales) Regulations 2025.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 18 December 2026.
(3) In these Regulations, “the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Act 2023.
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(1) The table in paragraph 1 of the Schedule (prohibited single-use plastic products) to the Act is amended as follows.
(2) Under the heading “other products”, after the entry for “cotton buds” insert—“
Wet wipes Exemption 1In respect of the supply, or offer to supply, of a wet wipe designed or manufactured for use in connection with medical care or treatment.”
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At the appropriate places in paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Act insert—“
 “medical” (“meddygol”) includes surgical;”;“
 “treatment” (“triniaeth”) includes diagnosis;”;“
 “wet wipe” (“weip wlyb”) means a non-woven piece of fabric which has been pre-wetted.”
Huw Irranca-Davies
Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers
18th June 2025