# The Welfare Food Regulations 1996, Paragraph 3

Extent: E+W+S

The percentage by which the approved price shall be reduced under regulation 17 is determined by—
(a) ascertaining x, where x is the supplier’s welfare milk supply during the reference period expressed as a percentage of his total retail milk supply during that reference period;
(b) determining the discount band specified in column 1 of the Table below by reference to the paragraph of column 2 into which x falls;
(c) for the band determined under sub-paragraph (b) and each of the preceding bands specified in column 1 of the said Table, multiplying the relevant part of x in column 3 by the corresponding figure in column 4; and
(d) dividing the sum of the figures calculated under sub-paragraph (c) by x.
Table
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Discount band
Welfare milk during reference period as a percentage of total retail milk supply (x)
Relevant part of x
Percentage by which approved price reduced
1
up to and including 7.5 per cent.
the first 7.5 per cent.
9
2
more than 7.5 per cent. but not more than 8.5 per cent.
the next 1 per cent. or if less than 1 per cent. that part thereof
8
3
more than 8.5 per cent. but not more than 9.5 per cent.
the next 1 per cent. or if less than 1 per cent. that part thereof
6
4
more than 9.5 per cent. but not more than 10.5 per cent.
the next 1 per cent. or if less than 1 per cent. that part thereof
5
5
more than 10.5 per cent. but not more than 11.5 per cent.
the next 1 per cent. or if less than 1 per cent. that part thereof
3
6
more than 11.5 per cent.
any percentage more than 11.5 per cent.
nil

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1434/schedule/4/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-food-regulations-1996/schedule-4/paragraph-3
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