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Description of pupil entitled to be provided with a school lunch free of charge

2.—(1) A pupil is of a prescribed description for the purposes of section 53(3)(c) (provision of school meals) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980, where the pupil is an eligible pre-school child and falls within the circumstances set out in paragraph (2).

(2) The circumstances are that the pupil is a child who—

(a)falls within section 47(3) (duty to secure provision of early learning and childcare) of the 2014 Act; or

(b)has a parent who is in receipt of one or more of the benefits listed in article 1(2)(d), (e) and (f) of the Provision of Early Learning and Childcare (Specified Children) (Scotland) Order 2014(1).

(1)

S.S.I. 2014/196; amended by the Provision of Early Learning and Childcare (Specified Children) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/268).