# The Ecclesiastical Exemption (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (England) Order 2010, Article 7: Other ecclesiastical buildings

Extent: E+W

(1) The ecclesiastical exemption is retained for buildings in the following categories, but is restricted to the extent set out in paragraph (2)—
(a) church buildings—
(i) held in trust by the diocesan trustees of a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church; or
(ii) used for worship according to the rites, doctrinal standards, principles or usages of the Roman Catholic Church;
(b) church buildings owned by or held in trust for or for the purposes of the Methodist Church or any connexional or local organisation of the Methodist Church;
(c) church buildings held in trust for a church in membership with the Baptist Union of Great Britain or the Baptist Union of Wales (whether alone or jointly with another person) by a trust corporation referred to in Schedule 1;
(d) church buildings owned by or held in trust for the purposes of the United Reformed Church which are situated within one of the Provinces set out in Schedule 2 and held on the trusts set out in Part I of Schedule 2 to the United Reformed Church Act 1972 or Part I of Schedule 2 to the United Reformed Church Act 1981;
(e) church buildings on any premises forming part of one of the educational institutions referred to in Schedule 3.
(2) The exemption under this article from the provisions of sections 7 to 9, 59 and 74 of the Act (works to listed buildings and unlisted buildings in conservation areas) is restricted—
(a) to works carried out by or on behalf of a church or body, or constituent part of a church or body referred to in those paragraphs; or
(b) where the building is on any premises forming part of a university, college, school, hospital or public or charitable institution, to works carried out on behalf of the governing body or the trustees of that institution.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/1176/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/ecclesiastical-exemption-listed-buildings-and-conservation-areas-england-order-2010/article-7
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.

