# The Welfare Food Regulations 1988, Regulation 19: Acts on behalf of beneficiaries who are children


Where any provision in these Regulations requires or enables anything to be done by or in respect of a beneficiary and that beneficiary is either a child who has not attained the age of 5 years or a handicapped child, the provision shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be deemed to refer to one of his parents or his guardian or the person having custody of him.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/536/regulation/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-food-regulations-1988/regulation-19
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