17.—(1) This paragraph applies to an aided pupil who is a day pupil where his parents satisfy the school at any time during a school year, or the month preceding the beginning of that year, that they are in receipt of a relevant benefit.
(2) A school shall remit the whole of any charges which they would otherwise make for meals provided for a pupil to whom this paragraph applies—
(a)for the whole of that school year, where they are satisfied as mentioned in paragraph (1) at or before the beginning of that year, or
(b)for the remainder of the school year, where they are satisfied as mentioned in paragraph (1) in the course of that year,
irrespective of whether the parents may subsequently cease to be in receipt of a relevant benefit.
(3) In this paragraph, “relevant benefit” means—
(a)income support under Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1), or
(b)an income-based jobseeker’s allowance under Part I of the Jobseekers Act 1995(2).