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The Education (Free School Lunches) (State Pension Credit) Order 2005

S.I. 2005/885 · Made 23 March 2005

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EDUCATION

Made 23rd March 2005

Laid before Parliament 6th April 2005

Coming into force 30th April 2005

The Secretary of State for Education and Skills, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by sections 512ZB(4)(a)(iv) and 568 of the Education Act 1996 f1 hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1996 c. 56. Section 512ZB was inserted by s.201 of the Education Act 2002. By virtue of s.211 of that Act the powers conferred by s.512ZB of the 1996 Act are exercised only in relation to England.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and extent
  2. 2Prescribed benefit
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and extent

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Education (Free School Lunches) (State Pension Credit) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 30th April 2005.

(2)

This Order applies only in relation to England.

2Prescribed benefit

State Pension Credit payable under section 1 of the State Pension Credit Act 2002f1 is prescribed for the purposes of section 512ZB(4)(a)(iv) of the 1996 Act in circumstances where the parent is receiving guarantee credit under section 1.

Signature

Derek Twigg

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Education and Skills

23rd March 2005

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order prescribes, for the purposes of section 512ZB of the Education Act 1996, that where a parent is in receipt of the guarantee credit part of State Pension Credit their child is entitled to free school lunches.

A previous Order (The Education (Free School Lunches) ({Prescribed Tax Credits) Order 2003 (SI 2003/383)) prescribed Child Tax Credit for the purposes of section 512ZB.

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