Regulation 7

(1)

In regulation 16(1)—

(a)

substitute for the words “for school meals” the words “under this regulation”; and

(b)

after the words “if the child” insert the words “is either aged three or four during the relevant school year or”.

(2)

For regulation 16(5) substitute the following paragraph:

“(5)

In this regulation “relevant school year” means:

(a)

in the case of a child who attends a school (of a kind referred to in paragraph (1)), the school year whose beginning is closest to the beginning of the academic year in respect of which the eligibility for grant under this regulation is being assessed, where “school year” has the meaning given in section 579(1) of the Education Act 1996^f1; and

(b)

in the case of a child aged three or four who does not attend such a school, the period of 12 months beginning on 1st September which falls closest to the beginning of the academic year in respect of which the eligibility for grant under this regulation is being assessed.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: The definition of “school year” was inserted by the Education Act 1997 (c. 44), Schedule 7, paragraph 43.