Amendment of the Welfare Foods (Best Start Foods) (Scotland) Regulations 20195

1

Regulation 9 of the Welfare Foods (Best Start Foods) (Scotland) Regulations 201911 (residence requirement) is amended as follows.

2

After paragraph (2)(ac) insert—

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a person who was residing in Sudan before 15 April 2023, left Sudan in connection with the violence which rapidly escalated on 15 April 2023 in Khartoum and across Sudan and—

i

has been granted leave in accordance with immigration rules made under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971,

ii

has a right of abode in the United Kingdom within the meaning given in section 2 of that Act, or

iii

does not require leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom in accordance with section 3ZA of that Act