Eligibility for free school meals
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2.—(1) The Education (Scotland) Act 1980 is amended as follows.
(2) After section 53(7)(a) (provision of school meals) insert—
“(aa)the parents of the pupil are in receipt of child tax credit and working tax credit under Part 1 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 and the income calculated for the purpose of awarding those tax credits does not exceed £6,900,”(1).
(1)
Part 1 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c.21) was repealed by Part 1 of schedule 14 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c.5) subject to savings specified in article 3(5) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 32 and Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/167).