The Healthy Start Scheme and Day Care Food Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

PART 3 Transitional provision

19.—(1) The principal Regulations as applied immediately before the coming into operation of these Regulations, continue to apply as if the amendments made by regulations 3 to 18, with the exception of regulation 17, had not been made where—

(a) (i) a beneficiary seeks to exchange a voucher for Healthy Start food at a food outlet;

(ii) a beneficiary has,

(aa) prior to the coming into operation of these Regulations, failed to receive a benefit as set out in regulation 13(1) of the principal Regulations; or

(bb) failed to receive a benefit represented by a voucher in the circumstances set out in regulation 13(2) of the principal Regulations;

(iii) a food outlet has accepted a voucher from a beneficiary and failed on that occasion to supply Healthy Start food to the beneficiary as provided for in regulation 16(3) of the principal Regulations; or

(iv) a food outlet makes a claim for payment in relation to a voucher in accordance with the principal Regulations;

(b) the voucher referred to in sub-paragraph (a)(i), (ii)(bb) and (iv), is in paper form; and

(c) the food outlet referred to in sub-paragraph (a)(i), (iii) and (iv) was registered as a food outlet by the Department under regulation 15 of the principal Regulations prior to the coming into operation of these Regulations.

(2) The terms used in this regulation have the same meaning as the principal Regulations as they applied immediately before the coming into operation of these Regulations.