Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Welfare Food Regulations 1996 (“the 1996 Regulations”) which provide for children under 5 in approved day care settings to receive a specified amount of free milk and for those day care setting to be reimbursed by the Secretary of State for the cost of that milk.

Regulation 2 amends regulation 20 of the 1996 Regulations in order to reduce (from two years to six months) the period for which reimbursement is to be made by the Secretary of State in relation to the cost of milk or dried milk supplied under the 1996 Regulations.

No impact assessment has been prepared in relation to this instrument as it has no or minimal impact on business, charities, voluntary bodies or the public sector. An explanatory memorandum is available alongside this instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk or copies may be obtained from Richmond House, 79 Whitehall, London SW1A 2NS.