Version Superseded: 06/04/2003
Point in time view as at 31/03/2003. This version of this provision has been superseded.
School Standards and Framework Act 1998, Section 114 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 06 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)Regulations may prescribe nutritional standards, or other nutritional requirements, which (subject to such exceptions as may be provided for by or under the regulations) are to be complied with in connection with the provision of school lunches for
[F1(a)]registered pupils at schools maintained by local education authorities [F2, or]
[F3(b)other persons who are provided with school lunches free of charge in accordance with section 512ZB of the Education Act 1996;].
(2)Where a local education authority or the governing body provide school lunches for registered pupils at such a school [F4or for such other persons who are provided with school lunches free of charge] , they shall secure that any applicable provisions of regulations under this section are complied with.
(3)Subsection (2) applies—
(a)whether the lunches are provided on school premises or at any other place where education is being provided; and
(b)[F5in the case of lunches provided to registered pupils at schools maintained by local education authorities,] whether they are being provided in pursuance of any statutory requirement or otherwise.
(4)Regulations under this section may—
(a)make different provision for pupils of different ages;
(b)authorise the Secretary of State to determine the time as from which any provisions of the regulations are to apply to a particular local education authority or school.
(5)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. 114(1): "(a)" inserted (31.3.2003 for W. otherwise prosp.) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), ss. 201(3)(a), 216 (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2002/3185, art. 5, Sch. Pt. II
F2Word "or" and s. 114(1)(b) inserted (31.3.2003 for W. otherwise prosp.) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), ss. 201(3)(a), 216 (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2002/3185, art. 5, Sch. Pt. II
F3Word "or" and s. 114(1)(b) inserted (31.3.2003 for W. otherwise prosp.) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), ss. 201(3)(a), 216 (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2002/3185, art. 5, Sch. Pt. II
F4Words in s. 114(2) inserted (31.3.2003 for W. otherwise prosp.) by Education Act 2002 (c.32), ss. 201(3)(b), 216 (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2002/3185, art. 5, Sch. Pt. II
F5Words in s. 114(3)(b) inserted (31.3.2003 for W. otherwise prosp.) by Education Act 2002 (c.32), ss. 201(3)(c), 216 (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2002/3185, art. 5, Sch. Pt. II
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