Education Act 1993

141 Changes in religious education and worship

(1) Subsection (2) below applies where, in the case of a school in relation to which section 138 or 139 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.

(2) From the time at which the proposals fall to be implemented—

(a) the required provision for religious education shall (subject to subsection (3) below) be provision for religious education either in accordance with the tenets of that religion or religious denomination or in accordance with any arrangements made under section 140(3) of this Act (as applied by paragraph (b) below),

(b) section 140(3) to (5) of this Act shall apply in relation to the school, and

(c) any provisions of section 138 or 139 of this Act which apply in relation to the school shall cease to apply in relation to it.

(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 138 of this Act shall apply in relation to the school from the time at which the proposals fall to be implemented, and

(b) any provisions of section 139 or 140 of this Act which apply in relation to the school shall cease to apply in relation to it 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 [1988 c. 40.] Education Reform Act 1988 to be included in the school’s basic curriculum.