The Welfare Foods (Best Start Foods) (Scotland) Regulations 2019

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make provision for a scheme to provide benefits for pregnant women and children.

Part 1 deals with citation, commencement and extent. These Regulations extend to Scotland only.

Part 2 provides for general interpretation.

Part 3 of the Regulations provides for the interpretation of certain expressions used in the Regulations concerning interpersonal relationships.

Part 4 sets out who is eligible to receive the benefit and procedural matters relating to the application for benefit and change of circumstances.

Part 5 is concerned with the value and form of the benefit to be given under the Regulations.

Part 6 makes provision for application of certain enactments and offences.

Part 7 makes consequential amendments and revocations to various secondary legislation. Regulation 19 makes a consequential amendment to the Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (“the 2005 Regulations”) to prevent new applications for benefit under the 2005 Regulations in Scotland following the coming into force of these Regulations. Regulation 20 makes provision for transitional arrangements. Regulation 21 revokes certain provisions of the 2005 Regulations and secondary legislation that amended those Regulations. The revocations made by regulation 21 take effect on 31 March 2020.