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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend The Education (Nutritional Standards and Requirements for School Food) (England) Regulations 2007 (“the Principal Regulations”).

Regulation 3 inserts a definition of low fat milk into the Principal Regulations.

Regulation 4 substitutes new requirements for fruit juice provided in schools.

Regulation 5 substitutes groups E and F in the table in Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations.

Regulations 6 and 7 enable the energy and nutrient figures of an average school lunch to be calculated for a group of schools, not just a single school.

Regulations 8 and 9 insert a method to calculate the energy and nutrient figures and amounts for a school or a group of schools providing both primary and secondary education and for a middle school or a group of schools that are middle schools.

Regulation 10 substitutes a new table of energy and nutrient figures and amounts.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced specifically for this instrument as no additional impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen. The assessment produced for the Principal Regulations is available from the Department for Children, Schools and Families and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside this instrument on the OPSI website.