Valid from 01/09/2003
6(1)Section 58 of the 1998 Act (appointment and dismissal of certain teachers at a school with a religious character) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (2)—
(a)for “the teaching staff of” there is substituted “ teachers at ”, and
(b)for “the teaching staff shall” there is substituted “ the teachers shall ”.
(3)In subsection (3), for “the number of the teaching staff”, in both places where it occurs, there is substituted “ the total number of teachers ”.
(4)In subsection (4), for “while holding the post of” there is substituted “ while he remains ”.
(5)In subsection (6), for the words from “may” to the end there is substituted “may—
(a)in the case of a teacher who is an employee, require the appropriate body to dismiss him from employment as a reserved teacher at the school, and
(b)in the case of a teacher who is engaged otherwise than under a contract of employment, require the governing body to terminate his engagement.”.
(6)In subsection (9), in the definition of “reserved teacher”, after “employed” there is inserted “ or engaged ”.