PART IIENTITLEMENT TO FREE MILK, DRIED MILK AND VITAMINS AND DRIED MILK AT A REDUCED PRICE
Entitlement to free vitamins5
1
Subject to paragraph (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
a mother who is breast-feeding her child under the age of one year, or an expectant mother, who is, or is a member of the family of a person who is, entitled to income support or to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance; or
b
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 income support or to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance.
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.
4
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 income support or an income-based jobseeker’s allowance; 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.