The Welfare Food Regulations 1996

Purchase of dried milk at a reduced price

7.—(1) Any person who is entitled, or is a member of the family of a person who is entitled, to family credit and who is responsible for a child who—

(a)is not entitled to dried milk or milk under regulation 4;

(b)is under the age of one year; and

(c)is also a member of the family of the person who is entitled to family credit,

shall be entitled to purchase at any clinic, on behalf of that child, at a price of £3.65, 900 grammes of dried milk per week for personal consumption by that child.

(2) No person shall be entitled to purchase dried milk 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 family credit; and

(b)if requested by the person to whom the claim is made, documentary evidence of the child’s age.

(3) A person’s entitlement under paragraph (1) shall be at a rate no greater than 900 grammes of dried milk a week.

(4) A person may purchase dried milk for a period of up to four weeks from the date of the claim provided that she satisfies the person responsible for the distribution of welfare food at the clinic—

(a)as to entitlement to family credit for the weeks for which the dried milk is purchased; and

(b)if requested by the person to whom the claim is made, as to the age of the child on whose behalf the dried milk is purchased during the weeks for which it is purchased.