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Regulation 5 Healthy Start food and payments in lieuI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

Healthy Start food is the food specified in Column 1 (category of food) of Schedule 3 as qualified in Column 2 (qualification) of that Schedule.

F1(F22)

If the Secretary of State is satisfied that a beneficiary cannot use a voucher within a reasonable distance of beneficiary's home, the Secretary of State may, instead of issuing a voucher or credit, pay the beneficiary an amount equal to the value represented by the voucher or credit the beneficiary would otherwise receive.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Reg. 5(2) substituted (E.W.) (6.4.2020) by The Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/267), regs. 1(2), 6 (with reg. 31)

F2

Reg. 5(2) revoked (S.) (31.3.2020) by The Welfare Foods (Best Start Foods) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/193), reg. 1(3), sch. 2

Commencement

I1

Reg. 5 in force at 28.11.2005, see reg. 1