Amendment of the Milk and Healthy Snack Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2021
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The Milk and Healthy Snack Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2021 are amended as follows.
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In regulation 2 (interpretation) after the definition of “benefit” insert—
- “childcare provider” has the same meaning as given in regulation 4,
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In regulation 3 (meaning of eligible child), for “childcare provider” substitute “registered childcare provider”.
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In regulation 5 (entitlement of an eligible child)—
a
in paragraph (2), for “childcare provider” substitute “registered childcare provider”, and
b
after paragraph (4) insert—
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No entitlement to the benefit arises prior to 1 August 2021.
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In regulation 6 (provision of benefit)—
a
for “The” substitute “Subject to regulation 6A, the”, and
b
for “childcare provider”, in both places it occurs, substitute “registered childcare provider”.
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After regulation 6 insert—

Provision of benefit: once a day
6A
A registered childcare provider is not to provide the benefit if the eligible child has received the benefit from another childcare provider that day.
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In regulation 9(1)(a) (determining the amount payable), omit “at the beginning of each financial year”.
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In regulation 20(a) (reporting requirement), for “at the end of the immediately preceding financial year” substitute “at a date one month prior to the date by which the local authority is directed to report”.
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In schedule 1 (specified milk and non-dairy alternative), in the definition of “non-dairy alternative” for “an unsweetened, liquid, calcium enriched, soya drink” substitute “a drink which is an unsweetened, calcium enriched liquid and is commonly used as a substitute for dairy milk”.
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In schedule 2 (specified information required for registration)—
a
omit paragraph 1(e) and (f),
b
in paragraph 1(j) for “Social Work Improvement Scotland” substitute “SCSWIS”, and
c
in paragraph 1(k) for “financial year” substitute “Scheme Year (a year ending with 31 July) ”.
S.S.I. 2021/82.