# The Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 2005, Regulation 8: Issue of voucher


(1) For each week that a beneficiary is entitled to benefit under regulations 3 and 4 the Secretary of State shall issue or cause to be issued to that beneficiary a voucher to enable the beneficiary to obtain the benefit to which she is entitled.
(2) The period of validity of the voucher shall be not less than four weeks and not more than six months from the date of issue of the voucher.
(3) The value represented by the voucher in respect of which the voucher may be exchanged under regulation 9 for Healthy Start food is £2.80.
(4) The Secretary of State shall ensure that the following are indicated on the face of the voucher:
(a) the value represented by the voucher;
(b) a description of Healthy Start food; and
(c) the period of validity of the voucher.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2005/0110735641/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-healthy-start-scheme-and-welfare-food-amendment-regulations-2005/regulation-8
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