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The Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2015

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Draft Order laid before the House of Commons under section 1(4) of the Redundant Churches and other Religious Buildings Act 1969, for approval by resolution of that House.

Ecclesiastical Law, England And Wales

Made ***

Coming into force 1st April 2015

The Secretary of State, with the approval of the Treasury, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1 of the Redundant Churches and other Religious Buildings Act 1969f1 and now vested in himf2:

In accordance with section 1(4) of that Act, a draft of this instrument was laid before and approved by a resolution of the House of Commons.

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Footnotes

f1

1969 c.22. The Pastoral Measure 1968 (1968 No.1) established the Redundant Churches Fund and section 13(1) of the Pastoral (Amendment) Measure 1994 (1994 No.1) changed the name of the Redundant Churches Fund to the Churches Conservation Trust. Section 13(2) of the Pastoral (Amendment) Measure 1994 provided that reference to the Redundant Churches Fund in section 1(1) of the Redundant Churches and other Religious Buildings Act 1969 should be construed as a reference to the Churches Conservation Trust. The Pastoral (Amendment) Measure 1994 was repealed by the Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011 (2011 No.3) and the operation of the Churches Conservation Trust is now governed by section 57 of the 2011 Measure.

f2

S.I. 1970/1681.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Period for grants to the Churches Conservation Trust
  3. 3Aggregate amount of grants
  4. 4Revocation of previous Order
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2015 and comes into force on 1st April 2015.

2Period for grants to the Churches Conservation Trust

The period from the beginning of 1st April 2015 until the end of 31st March 2016 is specified for the purposes of section 1(1) of the Redundant Churches and other Religious Buildings Act 1969 (“the Act”).

3Aggregate amount of grants

The aggregate amount of the grants that may be paid under section 1(1) of the Act in the period specified in article 2 shall not exceed £3,217,000.

4Revocation of previous Order

The Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2011f1 is revoked.

Signature

Name

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Date

We approve.

Name

Name

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

Date

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Churches Conservation Trust (formerly known as the Redundant Churches Fund) has as its object the preservation, in the interests of the nation and the Church of England, of churches and parts of churches of historic and archaeological interest or architectural quality which, together with their contents, are vested in the Trust.

Article 2 of this Order specifies the period 1st April 2015 to 31st March 2016 for the purposes of section 1 of the Redundant Churches and other Religious Buildings Act 1969. As a result, the Secretary of State may, with the approval of the Treasury, make grants to the Churches Conservation Trust during that period of such amounts, payable at such times and subject to such conditions, if any, as he may from time to time determine. Article 3 of the Order specifies the sum of £3,217,000 as the aggregate amount of the grants that may be paid in that period. The previous Order made under section 1 of the 1969 Act is revoked.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.