Education Act 1996

107 In section 10 (interpretation)—

(a) in subsection (1) the definition of “the 1988 Act” is omitted;

(b) for the definition of “church school” in that subsection there is substituted—

““church school” means—

(a) a Church of England voluntary school,

(b) a grant-maintained school which was such a voluntary school immediately before it became grant-maintained,

(c) a grant-maintained school established in pursuance of proposals published under section 212 of the Education Act 1996 where either any trust deed relating to the school or the statement required by paragraph 8 of Schedule 20 to that Act provides for religious education at the school to accord with the faith and practice of the Church of England, or

(d) a grant-maintained school in respect of which proposals for the required provision for religious education to be provision for religious education in accordance with the faith and practice of the Church of England are approved under section 261 of that Act”; and

(c) in subsection (3)—

(i) for “the 1988 Act or the Education Act 1993” there is substituted “the Education Act 1996”, and

(ii) for “those Acts” there is substituted “that Act”.