Regulation 3 Food groups

Food covered by these Regulations shall be divided into the groups shown in the Schedule.

Food included in the groups must be made available as part of a school lunch in schools maintained by local education authorities, except for nursery units within primary schools, in accordance with the following requirements.

For the purposes of these Regulations a pupil referral unit shall be treated as either a primary or a secondary school according to whether the majority of registered pupils are of primary or secondary age at the commencement of each school year.