
2023 No. 267
Education
The Nutritional Requirements for Food and Drink in Schools (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023
Made 19th September 2023
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 21st September 2023
Coming into force 16th November 2023
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 56A and 56D of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
Citation and commencement

1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Nutritional Requirements for Food and Drink in Schools (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023 and come into force on 16 November 2023.
Amendment of the Nutritional Requirements for Food and Drink in Schools (Scotland) Regulations 2020

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In the Nutritional Requirements for Food and Drink in Schools (Scotland) Regulations 2020—
(a) in regulation 2 (interpretation and application), omit paragraphs (3) and (4),
(b) in schedule 3 (nutrient standards – school meals), for paragraph 5 substitute—“
5. 
The energy and nutrient content of the average school meal as calculated on a weekly basis must be calculated in accordance with the following formulaWhere—
 “C” is the total amount of energy and nutrient content provided in all school meals served in the course of a school week,
 “D” is the estimated number of school meals served to pupils during that school week.”.
JENNY GILRUTH
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
19th September 2023