{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/healthy-start-scheme-and-welfare-food-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2020/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/healthy-start-scheme-and-welfare-food-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2020/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/267",
  "legislation_title": "The Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/healthy-start-scheme-and-welfare-food-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 9 (use of voucher)",
  "text": "(1) In regulation 9(1) , for “within the period of its validity exchange a voucher for” substitute “ only use a voucher to purchase ”.\n(2) In regulation 9(3), for “exchanged for” substitute “ used to purchase ”.\n(3) In regulation 9(4)(b), for “supplied in exchange for” substitute “ purchased with ”.\n(4) After regulation 9(4) insert—\n“(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.\n(6) Where a voucher has been cancelled under paragraph (5) the beneficiary ceases to be entitled to benefit under these Regulations.”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Regulation 9 was revoked in relation to Scotland by S.S.I. 2019/193 and amended by S.I. 2006/2818."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 12 in force at 6.4.2020, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/267/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:32:33.594080+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}