These Regulations may be cited as the Education (School Meals Staff) (Wales) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st September 1999.

These Regulations apply only in relation to schools in Wales.

In these Regulations —

• “the Act” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;

• “the authority” means the local education authority by which a school is maintained;

• “school” means a community, voluntary controlled or community special school being a school having a delegated budget (within the meaning of Part II of the Act3);

• “school meals staff” means persons employed or to be employed by an authority to work at a school solely in connection with the provision of meals.

• “section 512A Order” means an order under section 512A(1) of the Education Act 19964 imposing on the governing body of a school a duty corresponding to a duty of the authority mentioned in section 512A(2)(a) of that Act (duty to provide school lunches) or F1section 512A(2)(b) of that Act (duty to provide school lunches free of charge).