The Welfare Foods (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

1998 No. 210

WELFARE FOODS

The Welfare Foods (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Made

9th June 1998

Coming into operation

20th July 1998

The Department of Health and Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 13(3) and (4) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1988(1) and section 171(2) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(2) and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Welfare Foods (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 20th July 1998.

Amendment of the Welfare Foods Regulations

2.—(1) The Welfare Foods Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988(3) shall be amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2) In Regulation 4(1) (purchase of dried milk at a reduced price) for “£3·75” there shall be substituted “£3·85”.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on

L.S.

W. B. Smith

Assistant Secretary

9th June 1998.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations further amend the Welfare Foods Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988 by increasing from £3·75 to £3·85 the price to be paid for dried milk by a person entitled to purchase it under regulation 4.

(1)

S.I. 1988/594 (N.I. 2); was amended by Section 4 of and paragraph 35(1) of Schedule 2 to the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 9)

(2)

1992 c. 7; section 171(2) to (5) is applied by Article 15A of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/1511 (N.I. 15)), which Article was inserted by Article 22(1) of and paragraph 6(9) of Schedule 6 to that Order and amended by Section 4 of and paragraph 35(4) of Schedule 2 to the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 9)

(3)

S.R. 1988 No. 137, relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1989 No. 93, S.R. 1991 No. 81, S.R. 1992 No. 125, S.R. 1993 No. 219, S.R. 1994 No. 326, S.R. 1995 No. 211 and S.R. 1997 No. 252