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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (“the principal Regulations”) and apply to England only.

Regulation 2 amends Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations, by revising the category of fruit and vegetables which can count as Healthy Start food to include frozen as well as fresh fruit and vegetables and by clarifying the qualifications.

A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the Department of Health website at www.dh.gov.uk and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.