The Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 2003

Amendment of regulation 7 of the principal Regulations

7.—(1) Regulation 7 of the principal Regulations (purchase of dried milk at a reduced price) is amended as follows.

(2) For paragraph (1) there is substituted—

“(1) A person who is entitled, or is a member of a family of a person who is entitled to working tax credit and child tax credit, shall if—

(a) the relevant income of the person or persons to whom the award of tax credit is made under section 14 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 is determined at the time of the award not to exceed £14,200, and

(b) that person is responsible for a child who—

(i) is not entitled to dried milk or milk under regulation 4,

(ii) is under the age of one year, and

(iii) is a member of the family of that person,

be entitled to purchase at any clinic, on behalf of that child, at a price of £4.15, 900 grammes of dried milk per week for consumption by that child.”.

(3) For paragraph (1A) there is substituted—

“(1A) A person who is entitled to child tax credit (but is not entitled to working tax credit), shall if—

(a) the relevant income of the person to whom the award of child tax credit is made under section 14 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 is determined at the time of the award to be more than £13,230 but not more than £14,200, and

(b) that person is responsible for a child who—

(i) is not entitled to dried milk or milk under regulation 4,

(ii) is under the age of one year, and

(iii) is a member of the family of that person,

be entitled to purchase at any clinic, on behalf of that child, at a price of £4.15, 900 grammes of dried milk per week for consumption by that child.”.

(4) In paragraph (2)(a), “to working families' tax credit” is deleted.

(5) Paragraph (3) is deleted, and for paragraph (4) there is substituted—

“(3) A person may purchase dried milk for a period of up to four weeks from the date of the claim provided that she satisfies the person responsible for the distribution of welfare food at the clinic—

(a) as to entitlement under this regulation for the weeks for which the dried milk is purchased, and

(b) if requested by the person to whom the claim is made, as to the age of the child on whose behalf the dried milk is purchased during the weeks for which it is purchased.”.