# The Welfare Food Regulations 1996, Regulation 5: Entitlement to free vitamins

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Subject to paragraphs (3A) and (4), any person specified in paragraph (2) is entitled to receive vitamins 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;
(ii) an income based jobseeker’s allowance;
(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 mother who is breast-feeding her child under the age of one year who is, or is a member of the family of a person who is entitled to—
(i) income support;
(ii) an income based jobseeker’s allowance;
(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;
(c) a child who 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;
(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.
(3) Entitlement to vitamins under paragraph (1) is as follows—
(a) in the case of a mother who is breast-feeding her child 90 tablets or 20 millilitres of drops for every 13 weeks of entitlement;
(b) in the case of an expectant mother or a child under the age of five years, 20 millilitres of drops for every 13 weeks of entitlement.
(3A) No expectant mother , other than a pregnant woman who resides in an area specified in Schedule 1 to the Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 2005, shall be entitled to vitamins 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) Other than in the case of a pregnant woman who resides in an area specified in Schedule 1 to the Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 2005, 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) Except in the case of an expectant mother specified in paragraph (2)(a) no person shall be entitled to vitamins under this regulation unless a claim is made to a person responsible for the distribution of welfare food at a clinic and the claim is supported by—
(a) documentary evidence of entitlement 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; and
(b) if requested by the person to whom the claim is made, documentary evidence of the child’s age or documentary evidence that the beneficiary is an expectant mother.
(5) An expectant mother who is entitled to receive vitamins in accordance with these Regulations shall produce documentary evidence of her entitlement to a person responsible for the distribution of welfare food at a clinic.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1434/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-food-regulations-1996/regulation-5
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