2(1)In section 27 of that Act (special provisions as to religious education in controlled schools), the word “education" shall be substituted for the word “instruction" in each place where it occurs in subsections (1), (2), (4) and (5).
(2)The following subsection shall be substituted for subsection (6) of that section—
“(6)In the case of a controlled school the provision for religious education for pupils at the school which is required by section 2(1)(a) of the Education Reform Act 1988 to be included in the school’s basic curriculum shall be provision for religious education—
(a)in accordance with any arrangements made under subsection (1) of this section; or
(b)subject to any such arrangements, in accordance with an agreed syllabus adopted for the school or for those pupils.”