Part IV Other provisions about school education
School meals
I1115 Extension of LEA functions concerning school lunches, etc.
1
Section 512 of the M1Education Act 1996 (provision by LEAs of meals etc. at maintained schools) shall be amended as follows.
2
After subsection (1) there shall be inserted—
1A
A local education authority shall, if requested to do so by or on behalf of any registered pupils at a school maintained by the authority, provide school lunches for those pupils; but the authority shall not be required to provide a school lunch—
a
where in the circumstances it would be unreasonable for them to do so, or
b
where the pupil in question has not attained compulsory school age and is being provided with part-time education.
1B
Any school lunches provided by a local education authority under subsection (1A) may—
a
be provided either on the school premises or at any place other than the school premises where education is being provided for the pupils in question; and
b
take such form as the authority think fit.
3
In subsection (2) (obligation to charge for meals etc.), after “subsection (1)” there shall be inserted “
or (1A)
”
.
4
In subsection (3), for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted—
a
shall so exercise their power under subsection (1) as to ensure that a school lunch is provided for him, which shall be provided free of charge, and
b
if in the exercise of that power they provide him with milk, shall provide it free of charge.
5
After subsection (5) there shall be added—
6
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.