[F1(1)Section 512 of the M1Education Act 1996 (provision by LEAs of meals etc. at maintained schools) shall be amended as follows.
(2)After subsection (1) there shall be inserted—
“(1A)A local education authority shall, if requested to do so by or on behalf of any registered pupils at a school maintained by the authority, provide school lunches for those pupils; but the authority shall not be required to provide a school lunch—
(a)where in the circumstances it would be unreasonable for them to do so, or
(b)where the pupil in question has not attained compulsory school age and is being provided with part-time education.
(1B)Any school lunches provided by a local education authority under subsection (1A) may—
(a)be provided either on the school premises or at any place other than the school premises where education is being provided for the pupils in question; and
(b)take such form as the authority think fit.”
(3)In subsection (2) (obligation to charge for meals etc.), after “subsection (1)” there shall be inserted “ or (1A) ”.
(4)In subsection (3), for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted—
“(a)shall so exercise their power under subsection (1) as to ensure that a school lunch is provided for him, which shall be provided free of charge, and
(b)if in the exercise of that power they provide him with milk, shall provide it free of charge.”
(5)After subsection (5) there shall be added—
“(6)In this section “school lunch”, in relation to a pupil, means food made available for consumption by the pupil as his midday meal on a school day, whether involving a set meal or the selection of items by him or otherwise.”]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 115 repealed (31.3.2003 for W. otherwise prosp.) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), ss. 215(2), 216, Sch. 22 Pt. 3 (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2002/3185, art. 5, Sch. Pt. II
Commencement Information
I1S. 115 wholly in force at 20.7.2001; s. 115 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 145(3); s. 115(1)(4)(5) in force at 1.4.1999 by S.I. 1999/1016, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (with arts. 3-6, Sch. 4); s. 115(2)(3) in force for E. at 1.4.2001 by S.I. 2001/1195, art. 2; s. 115(2)(3) in force for W. at 20.7.2001 by S.I. 2001/2663, art. 2
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