The Transfer of Functions Concerning School Lunches etc. (England) (Amendment) Order 2013

Made: 8th December 2013

Laid before Parliament: 10th December 2013

Coming into force: 1st January 2014

The Secretary of State for Education, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 512A of the Education Act 1996[^f00001], makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

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This Order may be cited as the Transfer of Functions Concerning School Lunches etc. (England) (Amendment) Order 2013 and comes into force on 1st January 2014.

Amendment

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• (1) The Education (Transfer of Functions Concerning School Lunches etc.) (England) (No. 2) Order 1999[^f00002] is amended as follows.

• (2) In article 2(1) delete the words after “each maintained school in England” to the end of the sentence.

Signed

David Laws — Minister of State — Department for Education — 8th December 2013

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends the Education (Transfer of Functions Concerning School Lunches etc.) (England) (No. 2) Order 1999 so as to provide that the duty to provide school lunches in accordance with section 512(3) and (4) of the Education Act 1996, and the duty to provide school lunches free of charge in accordance with section 512ZB(1) of that Act, is transferred from local authorities to the governing body of each maintained school in England, irrespective of whether the school’s budget share includes a specific amount in respect of meals and other refreshment.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on businesses, civil society organisations or on the public sector.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1996 c.56. Section 512A was inserted by section 116 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c.31) and amended by section 215(1) of, and paragraph 52 of Schedule 21 to, the Education Act 2002 (c. 32).

[^f00002]: S.I. 1999/2164, amended by S.I. 2003/689 and 2010/1172.