# The Education (Free School Lunches in Maintained Nursery Schools) (Universal Credit) (England) Order 2026, Article 3: Persons to be treated as within section 512ZB(4A) of the 1996 Act


A registered pupil at a maintained nursery school in England is to be treated as a person within section 512ZB(4A) of the 1996 Act (provision of free school lunches and milk) if—
(a) their parent is in receipt of universal credit, and
(b) they are not within section 512ZB(4) of the 1996 Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/706/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-free-school-lunches-in-maintained-nursery-schools-universal-credit-england-order-2026/article-3
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