The Welfare Food Regulations 1996

Regulation 17(2) and (3)

SCHEDULE 4 SPECIAL REIMBURSEMENT

PART I INFORMATION AND DECLARATION FOR SPECIAL REIMBURSEMENT

1.  An application for determination of a special percentage shall contain the following information—

(a) the name and address of the supplier;

(b) the dates on which the reference period begins and ends;

(c) the supplier’s welfare milk supply during that reference period;

(d) the supplier’s total retail milk supply during that reference period;

(e) a description of the supplier’s business by reference to whether it is:—

(i) wholesale and retail or retail only; and

(ii) doorstep delivery or from premises.

2.  An application for special reimbursement shall include a declaration signed by a qualified accountant certifying that the information contained in the application accords with the financial records kept by the supplier in connection with the business carried on by him.

PART II DETERMINATION OF SPECIAL PERCENTAGE

3.  The percentage by which the approved price shall be reduced under regulation 17 is determined by—

(a) ascertaining x, where x is the supplier’s welfare milk supply during the reference period expressed as a percentage of his total retail milk supply during that reference period;

(b) determining the discount band specified in column 1 of the Table below by reference to the paragraph of column 2 into which x falls;

(c) for the band determined under sub-paragraph (b) and each of the preceding bands specified in column 1 of the said Table, multiplying the relevant part of x in column 3 by the corresponding figure in column 4; and

(d) dividing the sum of the figures calculated under sub-paragraph (c) by x.

Table

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Discount band	Welfare milk during reference period as a percentage of total retail milk supply (x)	Relevant part of x	Percentage by which approved price reduced
1	up to and including 7.5 per cent.	the first 7.5 per cent.	9
2	more than 7.5 per cent. but not more than 8.5 per cent.	the next 1 per cent. or if less than 1 per cent. that part thereof	8
3	more than 8.5 per cent. but not more than 9.5 per cent.	the next 1 per cent. or if less than 1 per cent. that part thereof	6
4	more than 9.5 per cent. but not more than 10.5 per cent.	the next 1 per cent. or if less than 1 per cent. that part thereof	5
5	more than 10.5 per cent. but not more than 11.5 per cent.	the next 1 per cent. or if less than 1 per cent. that part thereof	3
6	more than 11.5 per cent.	any percentage more than 11.5 per cent.	nil

4.  In this Schedule “reference period” means—

(a) where regulation 17(3)(a) applies, the period of 52 consecutive weeks;

(b) where regulation 17(3)(b) applies, the period of 13 or more consecutive weeks during which the supplier has carried on a retail trade in milk.