Draft Single-Use Plastics etc. (Restrictions) Law (Jersey) Amendment Regulations 202- (P.37/2025) – Children’s Rights Impact Assessment

1)  Name and brief description of the proposed decision

The subject of your CRIA may be a proposed law, policy or proposition and in accordance with the Law is referred to in this template as the decision'

• What is the problem or issue the decision is trying to address?

• Do children experience this problem differently from adults?

Single-Use Plastics Etc (Restrictions) Law (Jersey) Amendment Regulations 202-. These  Regulations  amend  paragraph 2 (restricted  items  and  their  price) of the Schedule to the Single-Use Plastics etc (Restrictions)(Jersey) Law 2021. The effect of this amendment is that the minimum price that a trader must charge for a recyclable plastic or paper bag does not apply to bags that are:

- Supplied by wholesale from 1 trader to another trader: or

- Supplied second-hand under a trader's bag reuse scheme

The intent of the Single-Use Plastics legislation was to reduce the use of single use plastic in the Island, restricting the use of single use plastic and paper bags and requiring a minimum charge for reusable bags.

Introducing  the  70p  per  bag  minimum  charge  for  reusable  bags  for  wholesale transactions between traders and for second-hand bags does not match with this intent and formal clarification that they should are excluded is required. This decision aims to ensure that an exception to the need to charge for bags is applied for the wholesale sale of bags and the second-hand use of bags by retailers.

Children do not experience this problem differently from adults.

2)  Which groups of children and young people are likely to be affected?

Groups of children could include early years, primary or secondary education; young adults; children with additional learning needs; disabled children; children living in poverty; children from particular ethnic backgrounds; migrants; refugees; care experienced children and LGBTQ+ children

No groups of children and young people are likely to be significantly impacted by the decision.

3)  What is the likely impact of the proposed decision on children and on their rights?

• Identify any potential positive OR negative impacts and include indirect impacts on children and their rights as described in the UNCRC

• Will different groups of children be affected differently by this decision?

Second-hand bags are used by charities and second-hand shops so children from low- income households that rely on these shops could be slightly positively impacted by not having to pay 70p for these bags.

No other impacts on children or young people have been identified.

4)  Is a full Children's Rights Impact Assessment required?

If you have identified impacts on children and their rights, a full CRIA should be completed. If no impacts are identified then a Full CRIA is not required, but please explain your rationale and how you reached this conclusion

As the identified impacts on children and their rights are minimal, and the only potential impact is likely to be positive a full CRIA is not required.