{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-maintained-special-schools-england-regulations-2015/schedule/paragraph-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-maintained-special-schools-england-regulations-2015/schedule/paragraph-26.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/728",
  "legislation_title": "The Non-Maintained Special Schools (England) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-maintained-special-schools-england-regulations-2015",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/26",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Meals and refreshments",
  "text": "(1) The proprietor must provide school lunches and free school lunches in accordance with the provisions of section 512 and 512ZB(1) of the 1996 Act as if references in those sections to a local authority were to the proprietor and as if references to a school maintained by the local authority were to a non-maintained special school.\n(2) The proprietor must provide milk and free milk in accordance with the provisions of section 512(1) and 512ZB(3) as if references in those sections to a local authority were to the proprietor and as if references to a school maintained by the local authority were to a non-maintained special school.\n(3) Facilities must be provided free of charge to enable the consumption of any meals or refreshments brought to school by registered day pupils.\n(4) The requirements applicable to maintained schools prescribed in regulations under section 114A of the Schools Standards and Framework Act 1998 must be complied with, as if references to a local authority were to the proprietor and as if references to a school maintained by the local authority were to a non-maintained special school.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 26 in force at 1.9.2015, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 114A was inserted by section 86(1) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c.40) and amended by S.I. 2010/1158. Regulations currently in force are the Requirements for School Food Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1603)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/728/schedule/paragraph/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:42:14.527396+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."
}