The Milk and Healthy Snack Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021
| Jurisdiction | Scotland |
| Citation | SSI 2021/206 |
| Year | 2021 |
2021 No. 206
Food
The Milk and Healthy Snack Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021
Made 13th May 2021
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 13th May 2021
Coming into force 17th May 2021
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 13(1) of the Social Security Act 19881and section 175(4) and (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 19922the all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 13(2) of the Social Security Act 1988, the Scottish Ministers have consulted the National Assembly for Wales.
Citation, commencement and extent
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Milk and Healthy Snack Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 17 May 2021.
(3) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.
Amendment of the Milk and Healthy Snack Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2021
2.—(1) The Milk and Healthy Snack Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 20213are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation) after the definition of “benefit” insert—
““childcare provider” has the same meaning as given in regulation 4,”.
(3) In regulation 3 (meaning of eligible child), for “childcare provider” substitute “registered childcare provider”.
(4) In regulation 5 (entitlement of an eligible child)—
(a)
(a) in paragraph (2), for “childcare provider” substitute “registered childcare provider”, and
(b)
(b) after paragraph (4) insert—
“5 No entitlement to the benefit arises prior to 1 August 2021.”.
(5) In regulation 6 (provision of benefit)—
(a)
(a) for “The” substitute “Subject to regulation 6A, the”, and
(b)
(b) for “childcare provider”, in both places it occurs, substitute “registered childcare provider”.
(6) 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.”.
(7) In regulation 9(1)(a) (determining the amount payable), omit “at the beginning of each financial year”.
(8) 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”.
(9) 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”.
(10) In schedule 2 (specified information required for registration)—
(a)
(a) omit paragraph 1(e) and (f),
(b)
(b) in paragraph 1(j) for “Social Work Improvement Scotland” substitute “SCSWIS”, and
(c)
(c) in paragraph 1(k) for “financial year” substitute “Scheme Year (a year ending with 31 July) ”.
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