2011 No. 101

Food

The Healthy Start Scheme (Prescribed Description of Food) (Scotland) Regulations 2011

Made

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

Coming into force

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 13 of the Social Security Act 19881 and section 175(3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 19922 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation, commencement and extent1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Healthy Start Scheme (Prescribed Description of Food) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 and come into force on 6th April 2011.

2

These Regulations extend to Scotland only.

Interpretation2

In these Regulations, “Healthy Start scheme” means the scheme established by the Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 20053.

Prescribed description of food3

The description of food prescribed for the operation of the Healthy Start scheme in Scotland, is the food specified in Column 1 (category of food) of the Schedule to these Regulations as qualified in Column 2 of that Schedule.

S ROBISONAuthorised to sign by the Scottish MinistersSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh

SCHEDULE

Category of food

Qualification

Milk

Liquid cow’s milk, including long-life, pasteurised or ultra heat treated varieties of milk, but not milk to or from which chemicals, vitamins, flavours or colours have been added or removed.

Infant formula

A food based on cow’s milk intended for particular nutritional use from birth by infants in good health, and satisfying by itself the nutritional requirements of such infants.

Fresh or frozen fruit and vegetables

Fresh or frozen fruit and vegetables including loose, pre- packed, whole, sliced, chopped or mixed fruit or vegetables, but not fruit or vegetables to which fat, salt, sugar, flavouring or any other ingredients have been added.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which are made under the Social Security Act 1988 (c.7), prescribe the description of food for the operation of the Healthy Start scheme in Scotland. The Healthy Start scheme is a scheme set up by the Secretary of State in the Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 2005 to provide certain foods for the benefit of qualifying pregnant women, mothers and children.

Regulation 3 provides that the prescribed description of food for the operation of the Healthy Start scheme in Scotland is as set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. The categories of foods described in the schedule are milk, infant formula and fresh or frozen fruit and vegetables; these categories are subject to the qualifications set out in the Schedule.