Section 53A Promotion of school lunchesF1

Scotland

(1)

An education authority must—

(a)

promote the availability of school lunches in public schools and other educational establishments under the authority's management, and

(b)

encourage pupils in attendance at those schools and other educational establishments to consume school lunches.

(2)

In particular, an education authority must take reasonable steps to ensure that every pupil who is entitled, by virtue of section F253, to receive school lunches free of charge, receives those lunches.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 53A inserted (4.8.2008) by Schools (Health Promotion and Nutrition) (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 15), ss. 7, 11(2); S.S.I. 2008/171, art. 2(2)
F2: Word in s. 53A(2) substituted (5.1.2015) by Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 8), s. 102(3), sch. 5 para. 2(3); S.S.I. 2014/314, art. 2, sch.