... goes through three readings in parliament, which ultimately leads to the act being released. The success of implementation for any act is usually accounted for by the objectives of the policy makers being met in full. This is quite a high order with most acts as it has been seen over history that implementation success is not just pinned down to provisions themselves but rely heavily on the street level actors that it is imposed upon to abide by its rules. So, in the case of the ERA, did the provisions help implementation? COLLECTIVE WORSHIP PROVISION One of the most visible provisions of the ERA was the requirement that "All pupils in attendance at a maintained school shall on each school day take part in an act of collective worship."1 This worship was to be "mainly" Christian. It must be said that implementing such a provision would be extremely demanding ...

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