# The Welfare Food Regulations 1996, Regulation 3: Entitlement to free milk

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Subject to paragraphs (3A) and (4) and the provisions as to milk tokens in Parts III and IV, any person specified in paragraph (2) other than a person who resides in an area specified in Schedule 1 to the Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 2005, is entitled to receive milk for personal consumption, in accordance with these Regulations, free of charge.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the person specified is any of the following in Great Britain—
(a) an expectant mother who is, or is a member of the family of a person who is entitled to—
(i) income support; or
(ii) an income based jobseeker’s allowance; or
(iii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(iv) child tax credit, provided that the relevant income of the person or persons to whom the award of child tax credit is made under section 14 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 is determined at the time of the award not to exceed £14,155, and the person is not entitled to working tax credit;
(b) a child who has attained the age of one year but is under the age of five years and who is a member of the family of a person who is entitled to—
(i) income support; or
(ii) an income based jobseeker’s allowance; or
(iii) child tax credit, provided that the relevant income of the person or persons to whom the award of child tax credit is made under section 14 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 is determined at the time of the award not to exceed £14,155, and the person is not entitled to working tax credit; ...
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3A) No expectant mother shall be entitled to milk unless she first submits to the Secretary of State a claim in writing that includes the information, and is supported by the written evidence and declaration, specified in Schedule 2A;
(3B) An expectant mother’s entitlement under paragraph (2)(a) shall begin from the date that her claim complying with the requirements of paragraph (3A) is received by the Secretary of State.
(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5) A beneficiary’s entitlement under this regulation is to milk at the rate of seven 568 millilitre measures a week or, where milk is supplied in multiples of 500 millilitres only, eight 500 millilitre measures a week.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1434/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-food-regulations-1996/regulation-3
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