{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-wellbeing-and-schools-act-2026/section-32",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-wellbeing-and-schools-act-2026/section-32.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/21",
  "legislation_title": "Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-wellbeing-and-schools-act-2026",
  "path": "section/32",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "32",
  "heading": "Free school lunches: eligibility",
  "text": "In section 512ZB of the Education Act 1996 (free school lunches and milk)—\n(a) in subsection (2)(a), for “subsection (4) or (4A) (or both)” substitute “subsection (4), (4A) or (4D)”;\n(b) after subsection (4C) insert—\n“(4D) A person is within this subsection if—\n(a) they are a registered pupil at a maintained school or pupil referral unit in England,\n(b) they or their parent is in receipt of universal credit, and\n(c) they are not within subsection (4);\nand the meaning of “maintained school” given by subsection (4C) applies for the purposes of this subsection.”",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 32 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 78(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 32 in force at 17.8.2026 by S.I. 2026/803, reg. 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/21/section/32",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:41:24.363118+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}