1. This Order may be cited as the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Wales) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st September 1999.
2.—(1) In this Order “the relevant religious denomination” means the religious denomination in accordance with whose tenets religious education is, or may be, required to be provided at a school in accordance with Schedule 19 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.
(2) In this Order a reference to the Schedule is a reference to the Schedule to this Order.
3. The schools listed in Parts I and II of the Schedule (all of which are schools which will become voluntary or foundation schools, within the meaning of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, on 1st September 1999(1)) are hereby designated as schools having a religious character.
4. The relevant religious denomination in relation to a school listed in the Schedule is–
(a)Church in Wales, in the case of a school listed in Part 1 of the Schedule; and
(b)Roman Catholic, in the case of a school listed in Part 2 of the Schedule.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Peter Hain
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
26th June 1999