Suppliers of, and charges for, milk
12.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (4), a supplier who has accepted from any beneficiary a milk token for milk shall supply milk at the rate specified in regulation 3(4).
(2) A supplier may accept a milk token for milk as part payment of the price of milk supplied to a beneficiary where the price of such milk exceeds the approved price on account of the designation of the milk supplied.
(3) A supplier–
(a)may accept a milk token from a beneficiary before the start of its period of validity; but
(b)if he does so, shall on demand return to the beneficiary all milk tokens in respect of which no milk has been supplied.
(4) The obligation on a supplier imposed by paragraph (1) does not apply where–
(a)a milk token is returned before the start of its period of validity; or
(b)the supplier is prevented from supplying milk because of circumstances outside his control.