# The Education (School Lunches) (Prescribed Requirement) (Wales) Order 2003, Note: Explanatory note


(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2003/880/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-lunches-prescribed-requirement-wales-order-2003/note
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