# The School Lunches (Prescribed Requirement) (Wales) Order 2005, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
Section 512(3) of the Education Act 1996, as amended by section 201 of the Education Act 2002 places a duty on Local Education Authorities to provide school lunches to pupils eligible for free school lunches and others, 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 present for two full sessions on any day on which they attend school for there to be a duty to provide lunch on that day.
Article 4 contains a transitional provision, to prevent pupils receiving part-time nursery education at maintained schools for whom school lunches are already being provided immediately before 1 April 2003, from losing their entitlement to such lunches.
Article 5 revokes the Education (School Lunches) (Prescribed Requirement) (Wales) Order 2003.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2005/1208/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/school-lunches-prescribed-requirement-wales-order-2005/note
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