9.Local authorities may include delivery options in their arrangements for ensuring that period products are obtainable free of charge. Section 1(3)(b) permits a local authority which chooses to offer delivery to require the person to whom the products are delivered to pay costs associated with packing and delivery, except where the person could not be reasonably expected to obtain the products from the local authority in any other way. For example, if a person who needs to obtain free period products has a disability, it may not be reasonable to expect them to collect products if all locations at which the local authority is making products obtainable are at some distance from the person’s residence. Whether or not packing and delivery are free or charged for, the period products themselves must be free of charge.
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