PART VIMISCELLANEOUS
Application of statutory provisions
19. The provisions relating to the administration of benefit under the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1) specified in column (1) of Schedule 5 shall have effect for the purpose of the administration of the Healthy Start scheme, subject to the modifications set out in column (2) of that Schedule.
Offences
20. A person who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the following provisions of these regulations, namely—
regulation 9(2);
regulation 12(4);
regulation 14(2);
regulation 16(1);
regulation 16(3);
shall be guilty of an offence under Article 13 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1988(2) and liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
Transitional Provisions
21.—(1) Any person other than a child over the age of four, who, at the date of coming into operation of these Regulations, is—
(a)specified in regulation 2(1) of the 1988 Regulations as entitled to and is in receipt of milk or dried milk in accordance with regulation 2 of the 1988 Regulations shall be treated as a person entitled to Healthy Start food under the Healthy Start scheme; or
(b)specified in regulation 2(2) of the 1988 Regulations as entitled to and is in receipt of vitamins for personal consumption in accordance with regulation 2 of the 1988 Regulations shall be treated as a person entitled to Healthy Start vitamins under the Healthy Start scheme.
(2) Where a beneficiary described in regulation 8(1) of the 1988 Regulations has applied to the Department but his application has not been determined at the date of coming into operation of these Regulations—
(a)the Department shall determine the application in accordance with regulation of 13(4) of these Regulations; and
(b)regulation 13(4)(a) of these Regulations shall for this purpose be applied as if for the word “voucher” there were substituted “milk token”.
(3) If a beneficiary described in regulation 8(1) of the 1988 Regulations has not applied to the Department before the coming into operation of these Regulations—
(a)he may instead make an application to the Department;
(b)that application shall be determined under regulation 13(1), (3)(a) and (4) of these Regulations; and
(c)regulation 13(1), (3)(a) and (4)(a) of these Regulations shall be applied for this purpose as if for the word “voucher” there were substituted “milk token”.
1992 (c. 8) section 117 was amended by paragraph 25 of Schedule 16 to the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40) and Schedule 9 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions etc) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671) and Article 4(2) of the Social Security (Fraud) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/1182) (N.I. 11)
S.I. 1988/594 (N.I. 2); Article 13 is substituted by Article 3 of S.I. 2003/3202 (N.I. 19). See S.R. 2006 No. 418 (C. 24) as amended by S.R. No. 437 (C. 26)