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Originally Posted by Damien

I doubt there is a law saying if they have their name on it they cannot charge.

If you don't want to advertise you can buy canvas bags from charities or whatever but they won't be 10p.

There is no such law.

In fact the entire thing originated from this:

Prime Minister David Cameron doesn’t know much about the law of the land introduced this week regarding charging 5p for carrier bags. Shops cannot charge a customer for a carrier bag if it has the shop name on it. This is because the customer carrying the bag around with them is, in essence, advertising the shop. To bring a change of law the government must mention the charge three times in the House of Lords. Then MPs have to agree and after that, the change of law to charge 5p for every carrier bag will be heard in the Queen’s speech at the opening of Parliament. David Cameron and his Tory party have not only changed the law on carrier bags but they have broken the law. And by doing so the British public should stand up and make the government accountable to us. We are, after all, the voters who pay their wages…

The origin of which was never traced and was subsequently dismissed as cack.