# The Welfare Food Regulations 1988, Regulation 12: Suppliers of, and charges for, milk


(1) 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).
(2) 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.
(3) A supplier–
(a) may accept a milk token from a beneficiary before the start of its period of validity; but
(b) if he does so, shall on demand return to the beneficiary all milk tokens in respect of which no milk has been supplied.
(4) The obligation on a supplier imposed by paragraph (1) does not apply where–
(a) a milk token is returned before the start of its period of validity; or
(b) the supplier is prevented from supplying milk because of circumstances outside his control.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/536/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-food-regulations-1988/regulation-12
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