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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 512(3)(a) of the Education Act 1996 places a duty on Local Education Authorities to provide school lunches to pupils eligible for free school lunches, provided any prescribed requirements are met. This Order prescribes such a requirement.

The requirement is set out in Article 3. It only applies to registered pupils receiving nursery education; they must be receiving full-time nursery education.

Article 4 contains a transitional provision, to prevent pupils undergoing part-time nursery education at maintained schools for whom free school lunches are already being provided when this Order comes into effect, from losing their entitlement to such lunches.