PART 4

Entitlement

Entitlement of an eligible child
5
1
The Scheme entitles an eligible child, on each day that the requirement in paragraph (2) is met, to the benefit prescribed in paragraph (3).
2
The requirement is that the child receives a service from a registered childcare provider for a total of 2 or more hours per day.
3
The benefit prescribed for an eligible child is—
a
the volume specified in the relevant row of column 2 of the table in schedule 1 of the type of milk or non-dairy alternative specified in the relevant row of column 3 of that table, and
b
where the child has reached 6 months of age, one healthy snack item.
4
For the purposes of subparagraph 3(a)—
a
“the relevant row of column 2” means the row in that column that corresponds to the age of the eligible child specified in column 1 of the table in schedule 1, and
b
“the relevant row of column 3” is the row in that column that corresponds to the age of the eligible child specified in column 1 of the table in schedule 1 and adjusted by reference to any condition specified in column 4 of that table which applies in respect of that child.
5
No entitlement to the benefit arises prior to 1 August 2021.

Provision of benefit
6
Subject to regulation 6A, the benefit to which an eligible child is entitled must be provided to that child by a registered childcare provider on each day and during the hours which that child is in receipt of the service from that registered childcare provider.

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.
Reg. 5 in force at 21.3.2021, see reg. 1(2)
Reg. 6 in force at 21.3.2021, see reg. 1(2)
Reg. 6A inserted (17.5.2021) by The Milk and Healthy Snack Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/206), regs. 1(2), 2(6)
Reg. 5(5) inserted (17.5.2021) by The Milk and Healthy Snack Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/206), regs. 1(2), 2(4)(b)
Words in reg. 5(2) substituted (17.5.2021) by The Milk and Healthy Snack Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/206), regs. 1(2), 2(4)(a)
Words in reg. 6 substituted (17.5.2021) by The Milk and Healthy Snack Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/206), regs. 1(2), 2(5)(a)
Words in reg. 6 substituted (17.5.2021) by The Milk and Healthy Snack Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/206), regs. 1(2), 2(5)(b)