Regulation 12 Suppliers of, and charges for, milk
Subject to paragraphs (2) and (4), a supplier who has accepted from any beneficiary a milk token for milk shall supply milk at the rate specified in regulation 3(4).
A supplier may accept a milk token for milk as part payment of the price of milk supplied to a beneficiary where the price of such milk exceeds the approved price on account of the designation of the milk supplied.
A supplier–
may accept a milk token from a beneficiary before the start of its period of validity; but
if he does so, shall on demand return to the beneficiary all milk tokens in respect of which no milk has been supplied.
The obligation on a supplier imposed by paragraph (1) does not apply where–
a milk token is returned before the start of its period of validity; or
the supplier is prevented from supplying milk because of circumstances outside his control.