Part II Rights and duties of Parents and functions of Education Authorities in relation to Individual Pupils
Provision of food and clothing
53 Provision of school meals.
1
An education authority—
a
may provide milk, meals or other refreshment for pupils in attendance at public schools and other educational establishments under their management F1and may do so either on the premises or at any place other than the school premises where education is being provided; and
b
shall provide such facilities as the authority consider appropriate for the consumption of any meals or other refreshment brought to the school or other educational establishment by such pupils.
F22
Subject to subsection (3) below, an authority must charge for anything provided by them under subsection (1)(a) above and must charge every pupil the same price for the same quantity of the same item.
F33
Subsection (3AA) below applies in relation to a pupil—
a
whose parents are in receipt of—
i
income support;
iii
support provided under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999; F8or
iv
any other benefit or allowance or any tax credit or element of such a tax credit (within the meaning of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)) that the Scottish Ministers may by regulations prescribe, in such circumstances as may be so prescribed; or
b
who is himself in receipt of
F9i
income support;
ii
an income-based jobseeker’s allowance; or
iii
any other benefit or allowance or any tax credit or element of such a tax credit (within the meaning of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)) that the Scottish Ministers may by regulations prescribe, in such circumstances as may be so prescribed.
3AA
An authority shall so exercise the power conferred by subsection (1)( a ) above as to ensure that such provision is made for F4 the pupil in the middle of the day as appears to the authority to be requisite and shall make that provision for him free of charge.
F53A
F6Subsections (1) to (3AA) above apply in relation to pupils in attendance at a self-governing school and the board of management of that school as they apply in relation to pupils in attendance at a public school and the education authority under whose management the public school is.
4
For the purposes of this section, a pupil for whom an education authority have made special arrangements under section 14 of this Act may, at the discretion of the authority, be deemed to be in attendance at a public school under their management.