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Scottish Statutory Instruments
Education
Made
13th May 2020
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
15th May 2020
Coming into force
1st August 2020
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 53(8)(a)(ii) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (Modification) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 1 August 2020.
2. In section 53(7)(aa) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (provision of school meals)(2), for “£6,900” substitute “£7,330”.
JOHN SWINNEY
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
13th May 2020
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Section 53(2) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (“the 1980 Act”) provides that an education authority must provide or secure the provision of a school lunch (as defined in section 53(12) of the 1980 Act) free of charge to pupils falling within section 53(7).
Section 53(7)(aa) provides that a pupil falls within section 53(7) if the parents of the pupil are in receipt of an award of child tax credit and working tax credit where the income as calculated for the purpose of awarding those tax credits does not exceed £6,900. The effect is that pupils who fall within the prescribed description are entitled to be provided with a school lunch free of charge.
Regulation 2 of these Regulations substitutes the new figure of £7,330 for the current figure of £6,900.
1980 c.44. Section 53 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 was substituted by section 22(2) of the Education (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 8).
Section 53(7)(aa) was inserted by S.S.I. 2019/179.
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