The Welfare Food Regulations 1996

Exchange of milk tokens for milk

14.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) to (4), a supplier who accepts from a beneficiary a milk token which indicates that it is to be used for milk shall, in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations, supply her with seven 568 millilitre measures of milk or, where he supplies milk in 500 millilitre measures only, eight 500 millilitre measures of milk.

(2) If a beneficiary is absent from her usual place of residence for a day or more during the period of validity of any milk token which a supplier has accepted from her and the supplier does not supply against that milk token the amount of milk specified in paragraph (1) the supplier shall, within the period of validity or immediately after that period, redress the shortfall—

(a) by paying or allowing her an amount equal to the approved price for the measures of milk not supplied; or

(b) by giving her an equivalent supply of milk after her return to her usual place of residence.

(3) Where a supplier, at the request of a beneficiary, supplies milk against a milk token for milk and the price of the milk exceeds the approved price on account of its designation the supplier may charge the beneficiary the difference in cost between the price of the milk supplied and the approved price.

(4) Except as provided for in paragraph (3), a supplier shall not accept from a beneficiary in connection with the supply of milk under these Regulations any payment of any sort other than a milk token.