# The Welfare Food Regulations 1996, Regulation 16: Reimbursement of suppliers

Extent: E+W

(1) Subject to regulation 17, the Secretary of State shall reimburse a supplier who has submitted to him a milk token together with a claim in writing which includes the information set out in Schedule 3 with an amount equal to the approved price of the milk which the supplier has supplied against that milk token or for which he has made an allowance in accordance with regulation 14(2), less nine per cent.
(2) No amount shall be reimbursed in respect of milk supplied in exchange for a milk token more than six months before the date of the claim for reimbursement.
(3) Where a supplier sends milk tokens to the Secretary of State by post for the purpose of claiming reimbursement under paragraph (1) and the Secretary of State does not receive them, if the supplier applies to the Secretary of State for reimbursement in respect of the milk tokens, he may reimburse him in accordance with these Regulations provided that he is satisfied that the supplier exchanged them for milk in accordance with regulation 14(1) or made an allowance in accordance with regulation 14(2) and that he posted them to him for the purpose of claiming reimbursement.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1434/regulation/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-food-regulations-1996/regulation-16
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