The Education (Free School Lunches) (Prescribed Tax Credits) (England) Order 2003

Made27th February2003

Laid before Parliament7th March 2003

Coming into force6th April 2003

The Secretary of State for Education and Skills, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 512ZB(4)(a)(iv) and 568 of the Education Act 1996 1 hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement, and extent1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Education (Free School Lunches) (Prescribed Tax Credits) (England) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 6^th April 2003.

(2)

This Order applies only in relation to England.

Interpretation2.

In this Order –

“the 1996 Act” means the Education Act 1996;

“Child Tax Credit” and “Working Tax Credit” have the same meaning as in the Tax Credits Act 20022;

“annual income” means the income for the tax year calculated in accordance with the Tax Credits (Definition and Calculation of Income) Regulations 20023.

Prescribed tax credits3.

Child Tax Credit is prescribed for the purposes of section 512ZB(4)(a)(iv) of the 1996 Act in the following circumstances –

(a)

where the parent is entitled to Child Tax Credit but not to Working Tax Credit; and

(b)

where the parent is receiving Child Tax Credit by virtue of an award which is based on an annual income not exceeding the amount determined for the purposes of section 7(1)(a) of the Tax Credits Act 2002 as the income threshold for Child Tax Credit.

Stephen Twigg

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Education and Skills

27th February 2003

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order prescribes, for the purpose of section 512ZB of the Education Act 1996, that where a parent is in receipt of Child Tax Credit in the defined circumstances their child is entitled to free school lunches.

The defined circumstances are that the parent must not be in receipt of Working Tax Credit, and that the award of Child Tax Credit must be based on an annual income not exceeding the amount determined for the purposes of s.7(1)(a) of the Tax Credits Act 2002, currently £13,230 per annum.