Singapore legislation

Regulation 4

of Resource Sustainability (Packaging Reporting) Regulations 2020

Regulation 4

Excluded packaging

Subregulation 1

The following types of packaging are excluded from the definition of “specified packaging” in section 19(1) of the Act:

(a)

packaging designed to be re-used by an end user for the containment of any regulated goods that are none of the following:

(i)

any food or beverage product;

(ii)

any vitamin and health supplement;

(iii)

any medicinal product;

(iv)

any cosmetic product;

(v)

any personal care or hygiene product;

(vi)

any detergent or cleaning agent;

(b)

packaging designed to facilitate the protection or handling of the regulated goods when transported in bulk but not presented or delivered to the consumer of the regulated goods.

Subregulation 2

To avoid doubt, packaging that is provided by a retailer to a consumer who purchases regulated goods from the retailer, to enable the consumer to put the regulated goods into the packaging, is not packaging designed to be re-used by an end user.

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