Transitional provisions
6.—(1) This article applies if—
(a)an Academy order has effect in respect of a foundation or voluntary school which is designated by order under section 69(3) of SSFA 1998 as a school having a religious character,
(b)the school is converted into an Academy, and
(c)immediately before the conversion date, section 60(7) of SSFA 1998 applied to a teacher at the school.
(2) On and after the conversion date, section 60(7) of SSFA 1998 continues to apply in relation to an existing teacher at the school while the teacher is employed or engaged as a teacher at the Academy.
(3) An “existing teacher” is a teacher who—
(a)is employed or engaged as a teacher at the school immediately before the conversion date, and
(b)becomes employed or engaged as a teacher at the Academy on the conversion date.