
1 
These regulations may be cited as the Sale of Goods for Mothers
and Children (Designation and Charging) Regulations 1976 and shall
come into operation on 30th April 1976.
2 

(1) In these regulations, unless the context
otherwise requires—
 “cost price”
means the actual cost of an article payable by an area
health authority after any deductions in respect of discount or rebate and
including any transport or delivery charges due to the supplier by that area
health authority in respect of the article;
 “clinic or centre”
means an area health authority maternity and/or child
health clinic or welfare food distribution centre;
 “the Act”
means the National Health
Service Reorganisation Act 1973.
(2) In these regulations, unless the context
otherwise requires, references to any enactment shall be construed as references
to that enactment as amended, extended or applied by or under any other enactment
or by these regulations.
(3) The rules for the construction of Acts
of Parliament contained in the 
Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the
purposes of the interpretation of these regulations as they apply for the
purposes of the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
3 
The sale by area health authorities in clinics or centres of goods
appropriate to promotion of the health of expectant and nursing mothers and
young children is hereby designated as a facility provided in pursuance of 
section 2(2)(d) of the Act.
4 
A clinic or centre shall make and recover charges for the sale
of goods mentioned in the foregoing regulation and each such charge in respect
of an article shall be a sum of money equal to the cost price of that article
to the area health authority plus a sum in respect of handling charges of
ten per cent of the cost price, but so that such charge shall be calculated
to the nearest half penny:
Provided that where any of the said goods are of a class
in respect of which the Restrictive Practices Court has made an order directing
them to be exempt for the purposes of the 
Resale Prices Act 1964 as it applies to persons
other than the Crown a charge may be made for the goods in accordance with
an agreement between the area health authority and the supplier of the goods
thereto notwithstanding that the charge is higher than that mentioned in the
foregoing provisions of this regulation.
5 
The Sale of Goods
at Maternity and Child Health Clinics (Designation and Charging) Regulations
1974
are hereby revoked.
Barbara Castle
Secretary of State for Social Services
24th March 1976John Morris
Secretary of State for Wales
26th March 1976