6. Amendment of rule 20

In the principal Rules, in rule 20, after paragraph (4), insert —“(5) An individual who was a recognised Islamic teacher immediately before 2 October 2026, and whose recognition or renewal of recognition as such was on account of his or her holding a diploma in any discipline of Islamic studies from a tertiary institution, is taken for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) to have satisfied rule 17(2)(a), so long as that diploma has not been revoked or withdrawn.”.