Education Act 1993

148 Cases where no requirement for Christian collective worship

In section 12 of the [1988 c. 40.] Education Reform Act 1988 (determination by advisory councils of the cases in which the requirement for Christian collective worship is not to apply)—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) for “the head teacher of any county school” there is substituted—

“(a) the head teacher of any county school; or

(b) the head teacher of any grant-maintained school to which section 138 of the Education Act 1993 applies and which is in the area of the local education authority which constituted the council”, and

(ii) after “this Act” there is inserted “or, as the case may be, section 138(2) of the Education Act 1993”,

(b) in subsection (4) after “section 7” there is inserted “of this Act or, as the case may be, section 138 of the Education Act 1993”,

(c) in subsection (9) after “county school” there is inserted “or of any grant-maintained school to which subsection (1) above applies”, and

(d) after subsection (10) there is inserted—

“(11) Where an application is made under subsection (1)(a) above in respect of a school which becomes a grant-maintained school before the application is determined, it shall, unless withdrawn by the head teacher, continue to be considered as if made under subsection (1)(b) above.”