2007 No. 372 (C. 30)

EDUCATION

The Schools (Health Promotion and Nutrition) (Scotland) Act 2007 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2007

Made

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 11(2) and (3) of the Schools (Health Promotion and Nutrition) (Scotland) Act 20071.

Citation1

This Order may be cited as the Schools (Health Promotion and Nutrition) (Scotland) Act 2007 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2007.

Appointed days2

The days appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Schools (Health Promotion and Nutrition) (Scotland) Act 2007 are–

a

10th August 2007 for section 6 (School meals and snacks) and section 10 (Interpretation), and

b

3rd January 2008 for section 1 (Duties in relation to promotion of health) and section 2 (Annual statement: account of health promotion).

FIONA HYSLOPA member of the Scottish ExecutiveSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force sections 6 and 10 (on 10th August 2007) and 1 and 2 (on 3rd January 2008) of the Schools (Health Promotion and Nutrition) (Scotland) Act 2007 (“the Act”).

Section 6 of the Act makes a number of amendments to section 53 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 44) in relation to the provision of meals and snacks in schools. Sections 1 and 2 make provision imposing duties on the Scottish Ministers, education authorities and managers of grant aided schools to endeavour to ensure that public schools and grant-aided schools are health promoting. Section 1 of the Act provides for new section 2A in the Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000 (asp 6) and section 2 amends section 5 of the 2000 Act. Section 10 of the Act is an interpretation provision defining “the 1980 Act” and “the 2000 Act” for the purposes of the Act.