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Education (Provision of Meals) Act 1914

This brief Act amended the 1906 Education (Provision of Meals) Act to empower local education authorities to provide meals for children in elementary schools, both on school days and other days, without seeking the approval of the Board of Education.

The text of the Education (Provision of Meals) Act 1914 was prepared by Derek Gillard and uploaded on 5 March 2013.


Education (Provision of Meals) Act 1914

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GEORGE V

Education (Provision of Meals) Act 1914

1914 CHAPTER 20

An Act to amend the Education (Provision of Meals) Act 1906. [7th August 1914.]

BE it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1 Extension of powers as to feeding of school children

A local education authority may, without any application to the Board of Education, spend out of the rates such sums as may be necessary to meet the cost of the provision of food under section three of the Education (Provision of Meals) Act 1906 (6 Edw. 7. c. 57), and accordingly in that section the words "apply to the Board of Education, and that the Board may authorise them to," and from "provided that" to the end of the section, shall be repealed.

2 Act to apply both on days when the school meets and on other days

The powers of a local education authority under the Education (Provision of Meals) Act 1906, as amended by this Act, shall be exercisable in respect of children attending a public elementary school within their area, both on days when the school meets and on other days.

3 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Education (Provision of Meals) Act 1914, and the Education (Provision of Meals) Act 1906, and this Act may be cited together as the Education (Provision of Meals) Acts 1906 and 1914.