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PART VIMISCELLANEOUS

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”.