Section 3 Clothing supplier agreements in guidelinesI1

containing a statement to the effect that school uniform policies are to be designed so as to ensure that all items or sets of clothing needed by pupils at a school are available for purchase from at least one supplier who is not party to an agreement for the sale of items or sets of clothing for the school’s pupils, but

making an exception in relation to a school uniform policy applying at a school which is accompanied by a declaration by a manager of the school to the effect that such an agreement secures value for money with respect to items and sets of clothing needed by pupils at the school.

an agreement is an agreement (whether contractual or otherwise) entered into in the name of or on behalf of the school, and

a pre-commencement agreement is an agreement so entered into before this section comes into operation.