Waste Management (Prohibition on the Importation of Single-Use Plastic) (Amendment) Regulation 2020. Country/Territory Tuvalu Document type Regulation Date 2020 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Offences/penalties Protection of environment Waste management Waste prevention Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Least Developed Countries, Oceania, Polynesia, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific Entry into force notes This Regulation shall have a grace period from 1 August 2019 to 30 November 2020 and shall come into effect on 1 December 2020. Abstract This Regulation provides amendments on sections 2-5 of the Waste Management (Prohibition on the Importation of Single-Use Plastic) Regulation 2019. Section 2 provides a grace period for enforcement of this Regulation; Section 3 provides for additional terms to be subject of this Regulation; Section 4 revises the purpose of Regulation to prohibit the importation, use, sale or distribution of any or all single-use plastic that are listed in Section 5. Further provisions of the text address the enforcement officers and powers and penalty notices. The text contains 7 Articles and has 3 Schedules. Full text English References - Legislation Amends Waste Management (Prohibition on the Importation of Single-Use Plastic) Regulation 2019. Legislation | Tuvalu | 2019 Keyword: Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Offences/penalties, Waste management, Waste prevention, Protection of environment Source: FAO, FAOLEX