# The Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 2005, Regulation 5: Healthy Start food and payments in lieu

Extent: E+W+S

(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.
(2) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3262/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/healthy-start-scheme-and-welfare-food-amendment-regulations-2005/regulation-5
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