Education (School Meals Staff) (Wales) Regulations 1999
| Year | 1999 |
1999 No. 2802 (W.15)
EDUCATION, WALES
The Education (School Meals Staff) (Wales) Regulations 1999
Made 26th August 1999
Coming into force 1st September 1999
In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 54(1), 138(7) and (8) of, and paragraph 30 of Schedule 16 to, the School Standards and Framework Act 19981, and now vested in the National Assembly for Wales2, the National Assembly for Wales makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (School Meals Staff) (Wales) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st September 1999.
(2) These Regulations apply only in relation to schools in Wales.
(3) In these Regulations —
“the Act” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;
“the authority” means the local education authority by which a school is maintained;
“school” means a community, voluntary controlled or community special school being a school having a delegated budget (within the meaning of Part II of the Act3);
“school meals staff” means persons employed or to be employed by an authority to work at a school solely in connection with the provision of meals.
“section 512A Order” means an order under section 512A(1) of the Education Act 19964imposing on the governing body of a school a duty corresponding to a duty of the authority mentioned in section 512A(2)(a) of that Act (duty to provide school lunches) or section 512(2)(b) of that Act (duty to provide school lunches free of charge).
Appointment, discipline, suspension and dismissal of school meals staff
2.—(1) Subject to regulations 3 and 4 and paragraph (2), the authority shall be responsible for the appointment, discipline, suspension and dismissal of school meals staff at a school.
(2) Before exercising any function under this regulation the authority shall consult the governing body of the school at which the member of school meals staff in question works to such extent as the authority think fit.
Appointment etc. of school meals staff at schools where governing body responsible for school meals but meals continue...
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