{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-food-amendment-no-2-regulations-2003/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-food-amendment-no-2-regulations-2003/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1864",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare Food (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-food-amendment-no-2-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 6 of the principal Regulations",
  "text": "(1) For regulation 6(1) of the principal Regulations (inability to obtain free vitamins) substitute—\n“(1) Any beneficiary who is unable to obtain vitamins under regulation 5 for a period (“the missing period”) as a result of a failure to receive from the Secretary of State or the Board evidence as to entitlement to—\n(i) income support; or\n(ii) an income based jobseeker’s allowance; or\n(iii) a guarantee credit; or\n(iv) child tax credit, provided that the relevant income of the person or persons to whom the award of child tax credit is made under section 14 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 is determined at the time of the award not to exceed £13,230, and the person is not entitled to working tax credit,\nmay apply to the Department of Health in writing for a payment.”.\n(2) In regulation 6(2) of the principal Regulations, after “the Secretary of State”, the second time it appears, insert “or the Board”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1864/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:15:16.438000+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."
}