{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-transfer-of-functions-concerning-school-lunches-etc-england-no-2-order-1999/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2164",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Transfer of Functions Concerning School Lunches etc.) (England) (No. 2) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-transfer-of-functions-concerning-school-lunches-etc-england-no-2-order-1999",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Duties imposed on governing bodies; school lunches",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (3) duties corresponding to the duties of the local education authority specified in paragraph (2) are hereby imposed on the governing body of each maintained school in England whose budget share within the meaning of section 47(1) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 includes an amount in respect of meals and other refreshment.\n(2) The duties referred to in paragraph (1) are–\n(a) the duty to provide school lunches in accordance with section 512(1A) and (1B) of the 1996 Act; and\n(b) the duty to provide school lunches free of charge in accordance with section 512(3) of the 1996 Act.\n(3) The duty referred to in paragraph (2)(a) shall not however be imposed on the governing body of any school until section 512(1A) and (1B) of the 1996 Act is in force.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 512(1A) and (1B) were inserted by section 115 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 512(3) is amended by section 115 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/689",
      "affecting_title": "The Education Act 2002 (School Meals) (Consequential Amendments) (England) Regulations 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "rev in pt",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/689",
      "affecting_title": "The Education Act 2002 (School Meals) (Consequential Amendments) (England) Regulations 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "words deleted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2013/3111",
      "affecting_title": "The Transfer of Functions Concerning School Lunches etc. (England) (Amendment) Order 2013"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2164/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:13:45.431082+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}