Styrofoam and Plastic Food Service Containers (Prohibitions) (Amendment) Act, no. 8 of 2020
Made 2020-08-03 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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About this law
- Language
- English
- Kind
- Act
- Country
- St. Lucia
- Subjects
- Food and nutrition
- Keywords
- packaging/labelling, plastic
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79 No. 8 ] Styrofoam and Plastic Food Service [ 2020 Containers (Prohibition) (Amendment) Act SAINT LUCIA No. 8 of 2020 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. Short title 2. Interpretation 3. Amendment of section 5 4. Amendment of section 6 5. Amendment of section 7 81 No. 8 ] Styrofoam and Plastic Food Service [ 2020 Containers (Prohibition) (Amendment) Act SAINT LUCIA No. 8 of 2020 AN ACT to amend the Styrofoam and Plastic Food Service Containers (Prohibition) Act, No. 22 of 2019. [ 3rd August, 2020 ] BE IT ENACTED by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the House of Assembly and the Senate of Saint Lucia, and by the authority of the same, as follows: I Assent NEVILLE CENAC, Governor-General. July 29, 2020. [L.S.] 82 No. 8 ] Styrofoam and Plastic Food Service [ 2020 Containers (Prohibition) (Amendment) Act Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Styrofoam and Plastic Food Service Containers (Prohibition) (Amendment) Act, 2020. Interpretation 2. In this Act, “principal Act” means the Styrofoam and Plastic Food Service Containers (Prohibition) Act, No. 22 of 2019. Amendment of section 5 3. Section 5(1)(b) of the principal Act is amended by deleting the words “1st day of August, 2020” and by substituting the words “1st day of August, 2021”. Amendment of section 6 4. Section 6(1) of the principal Act is amended — (a) in paragraph (a), by deleting the words “1st day of August, 2020” and by substituting the words “1st day of August, 2021”; (b) in paragraph (b), by deleting the words “1st day of August, 2021” and by substituting the words “1st day of August, 2022”. Amendment of section 7 5. Section 7(1) of the principal Act is amended — (a) in paragraph (a), by deleting the words “1st day of August, 2020” and by substituting the words “1st day of August, 2021”; (b) in paragraph (b), by deleting the words “1st day of August, 2021” and by substituting the words “1st day of August, 2022”. 83 No. 8 ] Styrofoam and Plastic Food Service [ 2020 Containers (Prohibition) (Amendment) Act Passed in the House of Assembly this 21st day of July, 2020. ANDY G. DANIEL, Speaker of the House of Assembly. Passed in the Senate this 23rd day of July, 2020. JEANNINE GIRAUDY-MCINTYRE, President of the Senate. SAINT LUCIA PRINTED BY THE NATIONAL PRINTING CORPORATION CASTRIES 2020 [ Price : $2.50 ]