{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-food-regulations-1988/regulation-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-food-regulations-1988/regulation-14.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/536",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare Food Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-food-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/14",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Absence of certain beneficiaries for a week",
  "text": "Where–\n(a) a beneficiary, who is either a child who has not attained the age of 5 years or a handicapped child, is absent from his usual place of residence for any period of 7 consecutive days; and\n(b) the person for the time being in charge of that child has provided him with 7 pints, or as the case may be, 4 litres of milk,\nthat person shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Regulations, be entitled to retain a milk token issued in respect of such a child and to use it free from all restrictions as to the use of the milk so obtained.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/536/regulation/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:09:21.236733+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."
}