# The Welfare Food Regulations 1988, Regulation 21: Transitional provisions


(1) Any token issued for the purposes of enabling a person to obtain welfare milk under Article 4 of the Welfare Food Order 1980 may be used as though it were a milk token issued to him under these Regulations; and a supplier may be reimbursed in respect of milk supplied (whether before, on or after 11th April 1988) against the token as though it were a milk token issued under these Regulations.
(2) Any token issued for the purposes of enabling a person to obtain welfare food under Article 5 of the Welfare Food Order 1980 may be used at a clinic to obtain free vitamins as though that person were a beneficiary under these Regulations.
(3) A person who has made an application under Article 7 of the Welfare Food Order before 11th April 1988 may be issued with tokens on or after that date but in respect of a period before that date as though that Order remained in force.
(4) Any approval given by the Secretary of State in respect of a person or premises before 11th April 1988 for the purposes of Article 6 of the Welfare Food Order 1980 shall be treated as approval given under regulation 4(4) to that person or to the person receiving children at those premises for the purposes both of the supply of milk or dried milk and of reimbursement in respect of milk or dried milk supplied (whether before, on or after 11th April 1988) pursuant to arrangements made with the Secretary of State.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/536/regulation/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-food-regulations-1988/regulation-21
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