53APromotion of school lunches

1

An education authority must—

a

promote the availability of school lunches in public schools and other educational establishments under the authority's management, and

b

encourage pupils in attendance at those schools and other educational establishments to consume school lunches.

2

In particular, an education authority must take reasonable steps to ensure that every pupil who is entitled, by virtue of section 53(3), to receive school lunches free of charge, receives those lunches.