Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 1997 (S.I. No. 857 of 1997)

Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 857 file:///D/HTML/uk8801.htm[16.01.2025 11:24:07] Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 857 The Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 1997 © Crown Copyright 1997 All Crown Copyrights are reserved. The following are concessions. Individuals are authorised to download this text to file or printer for their own individual use. Reproduction of the text for the purpose of developing and publishing value-added products is also allowed, without prior permission or charge, provided reproduction is accurate, not malicious and is accompanied by an acknowledgment of Crown copyright. Any other proposed reproduction requires the consent of the Copyright Unit at Her Majesty's Stationery Office. For more details on the reproduction of Crown and Parliamentary copyright material, see the latest Her Majesty's Stationery Office Dear Publisher letter. The text of this Internet version of the Statutory Instrument has been prepared to reflect the text as it was Made. The authoritative version is in printed form and is published by The Stationery Office Limited as the The Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 1997, ISBN 0 11 064242 2, £0.65 sterling. For details of how to obtain a printed copy see How to obtain The Stationery Office Limited titles. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 1997 No. 857 FOOD The Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 1997 Made 17th March 1997 Laid before Parliament 17th March 1997 Coming into force 7th April 1997 The Secretary of State for Health in exercise of the powers conferred by section 13(3) and (4) of the Social Security Act 1988[1] and section 175(2) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992[2] and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations: Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 . - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 7th April 1997. (2) In these Regulations "the principal Regulations" means the Welfare Food Regulations 1996[3]. Amendment of regulation 6 of the principal Regulations file:///publet.htm#crown-value-added file:///copy.htm file:///publet.htm file:///publet.htm http://www.the-stationery-office.co.uk/publicat/obtain/obtain.htm http://www.the-stationery-office.co.uk/publicat/obtain/obtain.htm Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 857 file:///D/HTML/uk8801.htm[16.01.2025 11:24:07] 2 . In regulation 6(1) of the principal Regulations (inability to obtain free vitamins) for the words "at an office of the Department of Social Security" there shall be substituted the words "to an office of the Department of Social Security in writing". Amendment of regulation 7 of the principal Regulations 3 . In regulation 7(1) of the principal Regulations (purchase of dried milk at a reduced price) for "£3.65" there shall be substituted "£3.75". Stephen Dorrell One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, Department of Health 17th March 1997 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations amend the Welfare Food Regulations 1996 ("the principal Regula tions"). Regulation 2 amends regulation 6(1) of the principal Regulations to require any application for a payment by a person unable to obtain vitamins because he has not received evidence of his entitlement to a relevant benefit to be made in writing. The regulation thereby corrects an inadvertent omission from the principal Regulations. Regulation 3 amends regulation 7 of the principal Regulations to increase the price payable for dried milk by a person entitled to purchase it at a reduced price, from £3.65 to £3.75 for 900 grammes per week. Notes: [1] 1988 c.7. Section 13 was amended by section 21(1) of, and paragraph 8(11) of Schedule 6 to, the Social Security Act 1990 (c.27). [2] 1992 c.4. Section 175(2) to (5) is applied by section 15A of the Social Security Act 1988 which section was inserted by paragraph 8(10) of Schedule 6 to the Social Security Act 1990 and amended by section 4 of, and paragraph 96 of Schedule 2 to, the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c.6). [3] S.I. 1996/1434. ISBN 0 11 064242 2