Regulation 20 Reimbursement of approved suppliersE1I1

Subject to paragraphs (2) to (4), a day care provider approved as a supplier under regulation 19 who supplies or secures the supply of milk or dried milk to children who are entitled under regulation 18(1) and who submits a claim for reimbursement including the information specified in paragraph 2 of Schedule 5, shall be reimbursed by the Secretary of State with an amount equal to the cost to that person of purchasing the milk or dried milk.

Claims for reimbursement shall, so far as reasonably practicable, be made at intervals of four months and in respect of milk supplied in the period of four months immediately preceding the claim.

No amount shall be reimbursed in respect of milk supplied more than F1six months before the date of the claim for reimbursement.

An exempt school which has purchased and supplied milk to children entitled to it under regulation 18(1) shall not be reimbursed in respect of that part of the cost of the milk for which the school may claim a school milk subsidy.