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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-grants-to-the-churches-conservation-trust-order-2026/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2026/9780348278842",
  "legislation_title": "The Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-grants-to-the-churches-conservation-trust-order-2026",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "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.\nECCLESIASTICAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade ***\nComing into force 1st April 2026\nThe 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 1969 and now vested in the Secretary of State.\nIn 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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1969 c. 22. The Pastoral Measure 1968 (No. 1) established the Redundant Churches Fund and section 13(1) of the Pastoral (Amendment) Measure 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 references to the Redundant Churches Fund in section 1(1) of the Redundant Churches and other Religious Buildings Act 1969 should be construed as references to the Churches Conservation Trust. The Pastoral (Amendment) Measure 1994 was repealed by the Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011 (No. 3) and the operation of the Churches Conservation Trust is now governed by section 57 of, and Schedule 5 to, the 2011 Measure (as amended by the Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2014 (No. 1) and the Mission and Pastoral etc. (Amendment) Measure 2018 (No. 4))."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1970/1681."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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