United Kingdom Statutory Instruments

"beneficiary" means a person entitled to benefit pursuant to regulations 3 and 4;

"child" means a person under the age of 16;

"estimated date of delivery" means the date evidenced in writing and signed by a health professional pursuant to paragraph 2 of Schedule 2;

"family" has the meaning given by section 137(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 for the purposes of Part VII of the Act (income-related benefits);

"food outlet" means a person registered in accordance with regulation 12 to supply Healthy Start food;

(a) the value represented by the voucher;

(b) a description of Healthy Start food; and

(c) the period of validity of the voucher.

(a) has failed to provide any information or evidence required under these Regulations;

(b) is in persistent breach of his duties under the Healthy Start scheme; or

(c) has not submitted a claim for payment pursuant to regulation 14 for a period of one year.

(a) In regulation 3 (entitlement to free milk) in paragraph (1), after "paragraph (2)" there is inserted "other than a person who resides in an area specified in Schedule 1 to the Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 2005,";

(b) in regulation 4(1) (child under the age of one year – entitlement to free dried milk or milk), after "Great Britain", there is inserted "other than a child who resides in an area specified in Schedule 1 to the Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 2005,";

(c) in regulation 5 (entitlement to free vitamins)—


(i) in paragraph (3A), after "expectant mother" there is inserted, ", other than a pregnant woman who resides in an area specified in Schedule 1 to the Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 2005,"; and

(ii) in paragraph (3B), at the beginning, there is inserted, "Other than in the case of a pregnant woman who resides in an area specified in Schedule 1 to the Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 2005,";



(d) in regulation 22 (application of enactments)—



(i) in paragraph (1), for "purpose", there is substituted "purposes", for "scheme" there is substituted "schemes", and after "Regulations", there is inserted "and the Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 2005";

(ii) in paragraph (2), after "regulation 14(4)," there is inserted—

" or the following provisions of the Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 2005, namely—
     regulation 7(2);

     regulation 9(4);

     regulation 11(2);

     regulation 13(1);

     regulation 13(3),";



(e) in Schedule 6 to the 1996 Regulations (enactments applied for the purposes of these Regulations)—



(i) for the modifications in relation to section 111 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 substitute "Omit subsection (1)(a) and (ab), in subsection (1)(b), for the words "under this Act" substitute the words "in accordance with the Welfare Food Regulations 1996 or the Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 2005", in subsection (2), for the words "subsection (1)(ab) or (b)" substitute the words "this section" and omit subsection (3)";

(ii) for the modifications in relation to section 112 of the Social Security Administration Act substitute "In subsection (1), for the words "benefit or other payment under the relevant social security legislation", substitute the words "welfare food, Healthy Start food or payment under a scheme made for the purposes of section 13 of the Social Security Act 1988", for the words "that legislation" substitute the words "such a scheme" and omit subsections (1A) to (1F)".

(a) the name and address of the pregnant woman, mother or child;

(b) the name, address, and national insurance number of the person of whose family the pregnant woman, mother or child is a member and who is entitled to a social security benefit or tax credit mentioned in regulation 3 unless the person entitled is the pregnant woman or mother;

(c) the national insurance number of the pregnant woman or mother, or, if the person in respect of whom the claim is made is aged under 18, that person's date of birth.

Evidence in writing needed for application for benefit
     2. A claim in respect of a pregnant woman shall be accompanied by evidence in writing of the estimated date of delivery of the pregnant woman signed by a health professional.

     3. A claim in respect of a child under the age of four months shall be accompanied by evidence in writing of the existence and age of the child, unless the claim is made by telephone as provided in regulation 4(2).

Declaration needed for application for benefit
     4. —(1) A claim in respect of a pregnant woman, mother or child shall include a declaration signed by the claimant that:—

(a) the person in respect of whom the claim is made or a member of that person's family is entitled to—


(i) income support;

(ii) an income based jobseeker's allowance; or

(iii) child tax credit, where the relevant income of the person or persons to whom the award of child tax credit is made under section 14 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 is determined at the time of the award not to exceed £13,910, and the person is not entitled to working tax credit; and



(b) the claimant understands the rules of the Healthy Start scheme and will abide by her obligations under the scheme.

    (2) If a claim is made by a pregnant woman under the age of 18, the declaration described in sub-paragraph (1) is not necessary.

Countersignature of a health professional
     5. A claim pursuant to regulation 4 must be countersigned by a health professional.

(a) the name and address of the proposed food outlet;

(b) the address from which the proposed food outlet will supply the Healthy Start food, or, if this is not appropriate, the correspondence address in relation to that supply;

(c) the name, address, sort code, and account number of the bank of the proposed food outlet and any other details necessary for payment to be made to the bank account of the proposed food outlet;

(d) the category of Healthy Start food that the proposed food outlet is willing to supply.

Declaration needed for application for registration as a food outlet
     7. An application for registration as a food outlet shall include a declaration signed by the proposed food outlet that he understands the rules of the Healthy Start scheme and that he will abide by his obligations under the scheme.

(a) the name and address of the food outlet;

(b) the address at which the food outlet exchanged Healthy Start food for the vouchers to which the claim relates; and

(c) the number of vouchers included with the claim.