EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Welfare Foods (Best Start Foods) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 (“the principal Regulations”) which make provision for a scheme to provide payments for the benefit of pregnant women, mothers and children. These Regulations amend the principal Regulations to provide for—
(a)
the payment of benefit to partners of pregnant women, provided the payment is to be used for the benefit of the pregnant woman, and
(b)
a system for the Scottish Ministers to appoint persons (“appointees”) to handle applications for and receipt of payments on behalf of eligible pregnant women, eligible partners of pregnant women and persons responsible for eligible children.