The Welfare Food Amendment Regulations 1989

Statutory Instruments

1989 No. 524

FOOD

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(1) and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(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(2).

Amendment of regulations 5 and 10 of the principal Regulations

2.  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

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

• “regulation 4; or

  (d)

  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

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

“Farley’s OsterMilk	Farley Health Products Ltd
Farley’s OsterMilk Two	Farley Health Products Ltd”.

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.

(1)

1988 c. 7.

(2)

S.I. 1988/536; there are no relevant amending instruments.