# The Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 2005, Regulation 9: Use of voucher

Extent: E+W

(1) A beneficiary may only use a voucher to purchase Healthy Start food.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a voucher issued to a beneficiary may be used only by the beneficiary for whom it was issued.
(3) A voucher issued to a beneficiary who is a child who is breast-fed by her mother may be used to purchase Healthy Start food for consumption by the mother.
(4) No person shall buy or sell or otherwise use—
(a) a voucher; ...
(b) Healthy Start food purchased with a voucher;
(c) Healthy Start vitamins supplied under these Regulations to a beneficiary;
except in accordance with these Regulations.
(5) Where a voucher issued to a beneficiary has not been used for a period of 16 consecutive weeks the Secretary of State may cancel the voucher.
(6) Where a voucher has been cancelled under paragraph (5) the beneficiary ceases to be entitled to benefit under these Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3262/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/healthy-start-scheme-and-welfare-food-amendment-regulations-2005/regulation-9
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