Explanatory note

These Regulations further amend the Welfare Food Regulations 1996 (“the principal Regulations”) and come into force on 6th April 2005.

Regulation 2(a) amends regulations 3(2)(a)(iv) and (b)(iii) (entitlement to free milk), 4(1)(c) (child under the age of one year – entitlement to free dried milk or milk), 5(2)(a)(iv), (b)(iv), (c)(iii) and (4)(a)(iv) (entitlement to free vitamins), 6(1)(iv) (inability to obtain free vitamins), and 7(1A)(a) (purchase of dried milk at a reduced price) of, and paragraph 3(d) of Schedule 2A to, the principal Regulations. It raises to £13,910 the figure for the income level that determines whether a person receiving child tax credit but not working tax credit and who meets other conditions is entitled to benefit under the scheme.

Regulation 2(b) further amends regulation 7(1)(a) and (1A)(a) to raise to £15,050 the figure for the maximum income level that determines whether a person entitled to relevant tax credits and who meets other conditions is entitled to purchase dried milk at a reduced price under the scheme.

Regulation 3 revokes previous amending Regulations.