The Welfare Food Amendment Regulations 1989

Made: 16th March 1989

Laid before Parliament: 21st March 1989

Coming into force: 11th April 1989

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 13(3), (4) and (8) of the Social Security Act 1988[^f00001] and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Welfare Food Amendment Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 11th April 1989.

• (2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Welfare Food Regulations 1988[^f00002].

Amendment of regulations 5 and 10 of the principal Regulations

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In regulation 5(1) of the principal Regulations (purchase of welfare food) and in regulation 10(2) of the principal Regulations (inability to purchase dried milk at a reduced price) for “£2.55” in each place where it occurs, there shall be substituted “£2.70”.

Amendment of regulation 6 of the principal Regulations

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In regulation 6 of the principal Regulations (use of milk, dried milk and vitamins) for “regulation 4.” there shall be substituted

• regulation 4; or in the case of milk, the person for whom it was obtained is a child under 30 weeks old being suckled by its mother, in which case the milk may be consumed by the mother.

Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations

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In Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations, after the entry relating to Cow and Gate Premium there shall be inserted–

Signed

K. Clarke — One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State — 16th March 1989

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Welfare Food Regulations 1988 (the 1988 Regulations).

Regulation 2 increases the price of dried milk to be paid by those entitled to purchase it under regulation 5 of the 1988 Regulations from £2.55 to £2.70. The increase is consequent on the annual up-rating of benefits under section 63 of the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50).

Regulation 3 amends regulation 6 of the 1988 Regulations so as to allow milk obtained for a child under 30 weeks old being suckled by its mother, to be consumed by the mother.

Regulation 4 adds two additional brands of dried milk to the list of dried milks specified for the purposes of the 1988 Regulations.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1988 c. 7.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1988/536; there are no relevant amending instruments.