2002 No. 550
FOOD

The Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 2002

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Health in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 13(3) and (4) of the Social Security Act 19881 and section 175(2) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 19922 and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

Citation, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002.

(2)

In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Welfare Food Regulations 19963.

Amendment of regulation 7 of the principal Regulations2.

(1)

Regulation 7 of the principal Regulations (purchase of dried milk at a reduced price) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2)

In paragraph 7(1)(c), for “£4.05”, there shall be substituted “£4.10”; and

(3)

In paragraph 7(1A), for “£71” there shall be substituted “£72.20”.

Revocations3.

The following Regulations are revoked—

  • The Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 19974
  • The Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 19985
  • The Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 19996
  • The Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 20017.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Yvette Cooper
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Welfare Food Regulations 1996 (“the principal Regulations”).

Regulation 2(2) amends regulation 7(1)(c) of the principal Regulations to increase the purchase price of 900 grammes of dried milk by 5 pence to £4.10.

Regulation 2(3) amends regulation 7(1A) to increase from £71 to £72.20 the amount of the reduction in the appropriate maximum not to be exceeded to establish entitlement to working families' tax credit for the purposes of regulation 7(1).

Regulation 3 revokes previous amending Regulations.