Part II S Rights and duties of Parents and functions of Education Authorities in relation to Individual Pupils

Provision of food and clothing S

[F1 53APromotion of school lunches S

(1) An education authority must—

(a) promote the availability of school lunches in public schools and other educational establishments under the authority's management, and

(b) encourage pupils in attendance at those schools and other educational establishments to consume school lunches.

(2) In particular, an education authority must take reasonable steps to ensure that every pupil who is entitled, by virtue of section 53(3), to receive school lunches free of charge, receives those lunches.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 53A inserted (4.8.2008) by Schools (Health Promotion and Nutrition) (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 15), ss. 7, 11(2); S.S.I. 2008/171, art. 2(2)