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Section 145 Changes in religious character of schools.

England and Wales

(1)

Where, in the case of a school in relation to which section 143(2) to (4) of this Act for the time being applies, proposals that the required provision for religious education should be provision for religious education in accordance with the tenets of a particular religion or religious denomination are approved under section 98 of this Act—

(a)

section 144(2) and (3) of this Act shall apply in relation to the school from the time at which the proposals fall to be implemented, and

(b)

subject to subsection (2) below, section 143(2) to (4) of this Act shall cease to apply in relation to the school from that time.

(2)

Without prejudice to section 144(2) and (3) of this Act, section 143(2) to (4) of this Act shall continue to apply in relation to any teacher who was employed at the school immediately before the proposals referred to in subsection (1) above fell to be implemented until he ceases to be employed as a teacher at the school.

(3)

Where, in the case of any grant-maintained school, proposals that the required provision for religious education should be provision for religious education otherwise than in accordance with the tenets of a particular religion or religious denomination are approved under section 98 of this Act—

(a)

section 143(2) to (4) of this Act shall apply in relation to the school from the time at which the proposals fall to be implemented, and

(b)

section 144(2) and (3) of this Act shall cease to apply in relation to the school from that time.

(4)

In this section, “the required provision for religious education”, in relation to a school, means the provision for religious education for pupils at the school which is required by section 2(1)(a) of the M1Education Reform Act 1988 to be included in the school’s basic curriculum.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1

1988 c. 40.

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1

Act repealed (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 56, ss. 582(2)(3), 583(2), Sch. 38 Pt. I (with savings in ss. 1(4), 561, 562, Sch. 39); Sch. 13 paras. 6, 7 as saved continued (1.9.1999) by S.I. 1999/2267, reg. 2(2); and s. 154(4) expressed to be amended (11.9.1998) by 1998 c. 18, ss. 54(1), 55(2), Sch. 3 para. 25 (which amendment fell (1.4.1999) by reason of the repeal of the said Sch. 3 para. 25 by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(3), Sch. 31; S.I. 1999/1016, art. 2(1), Sch. 1)