Regulation 2 InterpretationE1I1

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

• F1“the Act” means the Social Security Act 1988;

• “the 1977 Act” means the National Health Service Act 1977

• F2“additional amount for a child or qualifying young person” means the additional amount of state pension credit applicable for claimants responsible for a child or a qualifying young person pursuant to regulation 6(6)(d) of, and Schedule 2A to, the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002;

• “beneficiary” means a person entitled to benefit pursuant to regulations 3 and 4;

• “child” means a person under the age of 16;

• F3...

• F4“credit” and related expressions (however expressed and except in the expressions “state pension credit”, “tax credit” and “universal credit”) are to be construed in accordance with regulation 8(1)(b);

• F5“estimated date of delivery” means the date included in a claim for benefit pursuant to paragraph 1(e) of Schedule 2;

• “family” has the meaning given by section 137(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 for the purposes of Part VII of the Act (income-related benefits);

• F6...

• F7...

• F8...

• F9“health service body” means a health service body prescribed in regulation 8A(1);

• F10“Healthy Start food”—

  1. (a)

     in relation to the operation of a scheme in England means the food prescribed in regulation 5(1);

  2. (b)

     F11... and

  3. (c)

     in relation to the operation of a scheme in Wales means the description of food (other than Healthy Start vitamins) prescribed in regulations made by the National Assembly for Wales under section 13(1) of the Act in accordance with section 13(6) of the Act;

• “Healthy Start scheme” means the scheme established by these Regulations;

• F12“Healthy Start vitamins”—

  1. (a)

     in relation to the operation of a scheme in England means the vitamins specified in regulation 5A(1);

  2. (b)

     F13... and

  3. (c)

     in relation to the operation of a scheme in Wales means vitamins falling within the description of vitamins prescribed in regulations made by the National Assembly for Wales under section 13(1) of the Act in accordance with section 13(6) of the Act;

• F14“income-related employment and support allowance” means an income-related allowance payable under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (employment and support allowance);

• “income support” means income support under Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;

• F15“integrated care board” means an integrated care board established under Chapter A3 of Part 2 of the National Health Service Act 2006;

• F16“local authority” has the same meaning as in section 2B of the National Health Service Act 2006;

• F17“Local Health Board” has the same meaning as in section 16BA of the 1977 Act (Local Health Boards);

• F18...

• “NHS trust” in relation to England and Wales has the same meaning as in the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;

• “parental responsibility” in England and Wales has the same meaning as in section 3(1) of the Children Act 1989 ^f1F19...;

• F20...

• F21“pharmacist” means—

  1. (a)

     a pharmacist registered in the register of pharmaceutical chemists; or

  2. (b)

     a person lawfully conducting a retail pharmacy business in accordance with section 69 of the Medicines Act 1968 (general provisions);

• F22“the 1996 Regulations” means the Welfare Food Regulations 1996^f2;

• F23...

• “relevant income” has the same meaning as in section 7(3) of Part 1 of the Tax Credits Act 2002^f3;

• F24“state pension credit” means state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act 2002;

• F25“universal credit” means universal credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 ;

• “voucher” is to be construed in accordance with regulation 8.

Where any provision of these Regulations requires or enables anything to be done by or in respect of a beneficiary and that beneficiary is a child, the provision shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be deemed to refer to a parent with parental responsibility for the child or the child’s guardian or the person having care of her.

A reference to the Secretary of State in F26regulations 3 to 10, but not regulation 8(4) or (5) or 9A(2), shall include a reference to a person authorised by her for the purposes of the Regulations or that regulation.