
2023 No. 336
Environmental Protection
The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2023
Made 8th November 2023
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 10th November 2023
Coming into force 1st January 2024

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 50, and paragraphs 1(1) and 2(2) of schedule 4, of the Environment Act 2021 (“the Act”) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

The Scottish Ministers have consulted in accordance with paragraph 8(1) of schedule 4 of the Act and are satisfied as to the matters specified in paragraph 9(1) of that schedule.
Citation, commencement and extent

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These Regulations may be cited as the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 1 January 2024.
Amendment of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007

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In schedule 2 of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007—
(a) in paragraph 3(4), in the formula, for “72” substitute “75”,
(b) in paragraph 5—
(i) for “2023” substitute “2024”,
(ii) for “77%” substitute “80%”,
(c) in paragraph 6, in Table 2—
(i) in the header to column 2, for “2023” substitute “2024”,
(ii) in the entry for wood, in column 2, for “35” substitute “42”,
(d) in paragraph 8, for “2023” substitute “2024”.
LORNA SLATER
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
8th November 2023