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The Welfare Food Regulations 1996

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Issue of milk tokens

10.—(1) For each week that a beneficiary is entitled to receive milk or dried milk under regulation 3 or 4 the Secretary of State shall issue, or cause to be issued, to her a milk token to enable her to obtain her entitlement under these Regulations.

(2) Milk tokens shall when issued indicate on their face whether they are to be used for milk or dried milk.

(3) Milk tokens shall when issued indicate on their face that they may be used during a period of four weeks from the date of issue.

(4) The Secretary of State or any person who issues a milk token on his behalf may, before he issues a milk token which indicates it is to be used for dried milk, request documentary evidence of the age of any beneficiary from the person who is to receive the milk token.

(5) A milk token issued by the Department of Health and Social Services in Northern Ireland shall be valid in Great Britain as if it had been issued by or on behalf of the Secretary of State under these Regulations.

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