The Welfare Food Regulations 1996

Transitional provisions

24.—(1) Anything done under a provision of the Welfare Food Regulations 1988(1) in so far as it could have been done under the provision as re-enacted in these Regulations with or without modification, shall have effect as if done under these Regulations.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1)—

(a) any milk token issued under the Welfare Food Regulations 1988 may be used as though it were a milk token issued under these Regulations and a supplier may be reimbursed in respect of milk supplied against the milk token as though it were issued under these Regulations;

(b) any approval given, or treated as given, by the Secretary of State under the Welfare Food Regulations 1988 in respect of a person or premises in relation to the supply of milk or dried milk to children shall be treated as an approval given under regulation 19(3) to that person or to the person receiving children at those premises;

(c) any welfare food distribution centre within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the Welfare Food Regulations 1988 shall be treated as though it had been approved as such a centre under regulation 2(1); and

(d) any application by a supplier for approval to participate in arrangements for reimbursement under regulation 15A of the Welfare Food Regulations 1988(2) and any determination of a percentage under that regulation for a period which ends after the date on which these Regulations come into force shall be treated respectively as an application to determine a special percentage and a determination of a special percentage under regulation 17.

(1)

S.I. 1988/536.

(2)

Regulation 15A was inserted by S.I. 1990/2012.