DRAFT MILK (SALE TO SPECIAL CLASSES)
(AMENDMENT No. 2) (JERSEY)
REGULATIONS, 198.
Lodged au GrefTe on 3rd November, 1987
by the Social Security Committee.
STATES OF JERSEY
STATES GREFFE
175
1987
Price: 50p
P.171
Report.
1.
Certain special categories of person may purchase a
speciFied quantity of milk at a reduced price which is less than the
retail price of milk as supplied by the Jersey Milk Marketing Board.
At present the value of milk at a reduced price for those categories
as from 1st March, 1987 is as follows -
Beneficiaries
Quantity
of milk per
week quahfying for
reduced
price
Amount to
be deducted
from normal
price of
milk per
pint
Children under 5 years
of age
seven pints
14p
Expectant mothers
seven pints
14p
Persons over 70 years
of age
four pints
16.5p
Persons 65-70 years of
age in special categories
(paragraph 3(c))
four pints
16.5p
2.
The Committee wishes to point out that the benefits of the
scheme can only be obtained as a result.first, of making application
and then through the purchase of milk. It is not, therefore, a cash
benefit as such. The scheme is selective inasmuch as it is
concentrated on the health considerations of specific groups. There
is no doubt that a daily intake of milk is extremely important and it is
probably the best buy nutritiously speaking, for the aged. For those
under five and expectant mothers the intake of milk is also of great
importance. The scheme continues to make a useful contribution to
the well-being of those for whom it is selectively intended.
3.
Since 1975, the Committee has reviewed the value of milk at
a reduced price towards the end of each year, taking into account any
changes that have taken place through the year in the retail price of
milk. It remains the policy of the Committee that the burden of any
increase in the retail price during the year should be shared equally
between those special categories of persons eligible for milk at a
reduced price and the general revenue. In accordance with its policy,
the Committee has reviewed the Scheme again this year and has
noted that there has been an increase since the beginning of 1987 in
the retail price of milk of Ip. No further increases are anticipated
this year. In accordance with its policy, therefore, the Committee
recommends an increase, with effect from Sunday 3rd January, 1988,
in the amount to be deducted from the retail price per pint of 0.5p in
the case of those over the age of 70 and persons between the age of
65 and 70 years of age in special categories from 16.5p to 17p.
4.
In the normal case for expectant mothers and children under
the age of five years the increase would be from 14p to 14.5p.
However, as the halfpenny is no longer legal tender, the Committee
wishes to take the opportunity of removing the 0.5p amount and
accordingly recommends an increase from 14p to 15p.
5.
So as to avoid the introduction of a possible 0.5p in a future
year or years, it will be the intention of the Committee only to
recommend increases where there has been an historical increase in
the retail price of milk in the preceding year sufficient to grant an
increase of Ip or more in the amount to be deducted from the retail
price per pint.
6.
In summary, therefore, the Committee's proposals are as
follows -
Beneficiaries
Quantity
of milk per
week qualifying for
reduced
price
Amount to
be deducted
from normal
price of
milk per
pint
Children under 5 years
of age
seven pints
15p
Expectant mothers
seven pints
15p
Persons over 70 years
of age
Persons 65-70 years of
age in special categories
(paragraph 3(c))
four pints
four pints
17p
17p
7.
The number of persons benefiting from the Scheme
continues to remain stable at approximately 10,000, grouped as
follows Children under 5 years
Expectant mothers
Persons over 70 years
Persons between 65 and 70
3,618
494
5,771
108
8.
The proposals will add about £40,000 to the 1988 cost,
making an estimated total of £477,000 for 1988 inclusive of the
removal of the 0.5p and all administrative costs. The Committee has
sought £477,000 in the 1988 Budget and therefore this proposal, if
approved, based on the numbers it is anticipated will claim, should
not call for any supplementary vote of credit in that year.
9.
The Scheme continues to be administered in close cooperation with the Jersey Milk Marketing Board. It is well covered
by full audits every year and the Committee can confirm that the
systems in operation are effective and well supported.
10.
The purpose of the attached Regulations is to give effect to
these proposals.
Explanatory Note.
The purpose of these Regulations is to increase the amount to be
deducted from the normal price of milk per pint for those
beneficiaries who are entitled under the Milk (Sale to Special
Classes) (Jersey) Regulations, 1986 to receive a weekly quantity of
milk at a reduced price.
The Regulations come into force on 3rd January, 1988.
MILK (SALE TO SPECIAL CLASSES) (AMENDMENT
No. 2) (JERSEY) REGULATIONS, 198 .
(Promulgated on the
day of
,198.)
STATES OF JERSEY.
The
day of
, 198 ,
THE STATES, by virtue and in exercise of the powers
conferred upon them by the Order in Council of the fourteenth day
of April, 1884,* have made the following Regulations 1.
In the Schedule to the Milk (Sale to Special Classes)
(Jersey) Regulations, 1986,^ as amended^ (a)
for the expression "14p" in both places where it occurs
there shall be substituted the expression "15p"; and
(b)
for the expression "16.5p" there shall be substituted
the expression "17p".
2. -(l) These Regulations may be cited as the Milk (Sale to
Special Classes) (Amendment No. 2) (Jersey) Regulations, 198.
(2)
These Regulations shall come into force on the third
day of January, 1988, and shall remain in force until the eleventh day
of April, 1989,
1
Recuelldes Lois, Tome IV-VI, page 46.
2
No. 7486.
3
No. 7597.