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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sharing-of-church-buildings-act-1969/schedule-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1969/38",
  "legislation_title": "Sharing of Church Buildings Act 1969",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sharing-of-church-buildings-act-1969",
  "path": "schedule/2",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Churches and their Appropriate Authorities",
  "text": "Name of Church\nAppropriate Authority or Authorities\nAny Church of the Baptist Denomination.\nAs respects section 1(3) and (4), the Baptist Trust Corporation as hereinafter defined, acting with the concurrence of the Church meeting. As respects section 1(8), the Baptist Trust Corporation.\nAny Church of the congregational Denomination.\nAs respects section 1(3) and (4), the Congregational Trust Corporation as hereinafter defined, acting with the concurrence of the Church meeting. As respects section 1(8), the Congregational Trust Corporation.\nAny Congregation of the Association of Churches of Christ in Great Britain and Ireland.\nAs respects section 1(3) and (4), the Annual Conference of the Association of Churches of Christ acting with the concurrence of the duly constituted Church meeting. As respects section 1(8), the Annual Conference of the Association of Churches of Christ.\nThe Methodist Church\nThe Annual Conference of the Methodist Church.\nThe United Reformed Church\nThe Synod of the province of the United Reformed Church in which the church building or buildings is or are or will be situated.\nThe Roman Catholic Church.\nThe Bishop of the diocese in which the church building or buildings is or are or will be situated.\nThe Church in Wales\nThe Governing Body of the Church in Wales.\nCongregational Federation\nThe Trust Corporation known as the Congregational Federation Ltd.\nMoravian Church\nThe Synod of the Moravian Church in the British Province.\nThe Calvinistic Methodist or Presbyterian Church of Wales\nThe Properties Board of the Calvinistic Methodist or Presbyterian Church of Wales.\nAny Churches of Elim Foursquare Gospel Alliance\nElim Foursquare Gospel Alliance & Elim Trust Corporation.\nPresbyterian Church of Wales\nThe General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Wales.\nAny Congregation of the Fellowship of Churches of Christ in Great Britain and Ireland\n(a) As respects section 1(3) and (4), the Annual Conference of the Fellowship of Churches of Christ acting with the concurrence of the duly constituted Church meeting. (b) As respects section 1(8), the Annual Conference of the Fellowship of Churches of Christ.\nThe British Conference of the Pentecostal Holiness Church\nThe Trustees of the British Conference of the Pentecostal Holiness Church.\nThe Assemblies of God in Great Britain and Ireland\nThe Executive Council of the Assemblies of God in Great Britain and Ireland.\nShiloh United Church of Christ Apostolic (Worldwide)\nNational Executive Board.\nInternational Ministerial Council of Great Britain\nIMCGB Executive Committee.\nArchdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain (Greek Orthodox Church)\nThe Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain.\nThe Salvation Army\nThe Salvation Army Trustee Company.\nCouncil of Oriental Orthodox Christian Churches\nThe President of the Coptic Orthodox Church.\nChinese Church in London\nThe Church Council.\nLutheran Council of Great Britain\nChairman of the Council.\nThe Free Church of England\nThe Church Council represented by the General Secretary.\nNew Testament Assembly\nThe Executive Board of NTA.\nCouncil of African and Afro-Caribbean Churches\nThe Chairman of the Council.\nThe Oakes Christian Fellowship Sheffield\nThe Leadership Team.\nSoutham Road Evangelical Fellowship, Banbury\nThe Church Trustees represented by the General Secretary.\nNew Testament Church of God\nThe National Overseer.\nOld Baptist Union\nThe General Secretary.\nJoint Council of Anglo-Caribbean Churches\nThe General Secretary of the Joint Council.\nCherubim and Seraphim Council of Churches\nThe General Secretary of the Council.\nIndependent Methodist Churches\nThe Connexional Committee represented by the General Secretary.\nNorth Bank Christian Fellowship\nThe Leadership Team.\nNew Life Church, Woodall Spa, Lincolnshire\nThe Diaconate.\nDiocese of Sourozh (Russian Orthodox Church)\nThe Diocesan Assembly.\nThe Vine Christian Centre, Bridgend\nThe Trustees of the Vine Christian Centre.\nThe Oxford Community Church\nThe Trustees of the Oxfordshire Community Churches.\nThe Abingdon Community Church\nThe Trustees of the Oxfordshire Community Churches.\nThe Church of God of Prophecy\nThe Trustees of the Church of God of Prophecy.\nPentecostal Evangelistic Outreach ( UK\nThe Trustees of the Pentecostal Outreach ( UK ).\nChafford Hundred Community Church\nThe Trustees of the Chafford Hundred Community Church.\nThe Straits Church\nThe Trustees.\nHeworth Christian Fellowship\nThe Trustees.\nAylesbury Vale Community Church\nThe Trustees.\nWesleyan Reform Union of Churches\nThe General Committee.\nThe Archdiocese of Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe, Exarchate of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Deanery of Great Britain and Ireland\nHis Eminence the Archbishop of Comana.\nThe Mar Thoma Church\nThe Council of the Mar Thoma Parishes in Europe (COMPE).\nCalvary Chapel Woolacombe Ltd\nThe Trustees.\nChurch of the Nazarene (British Isles South district)\nThe Trustees.\nThe Religious Society of Friends in Britain (Quakers)\nThe Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends in Britain (Quakers).\nFor the purposes of this Schedule, “the Baptist Trust Corporation” and “the Congregational Trust Corporation” have the following meanings:—\n(a) if the church building or buildings to which the sharing agreement concerned relates is or are or will be vested in a Baptist or Congregational Trust Corporation within the meaning of the Baptist and Congregational Trusts Act 1951, it means that Corporation;\n(b) otherwise it means the Baptist or Congregational Trust Corporation (within the meaning of the said Act) in whose area of operations the church building or buildings is or are or will be situated, or if there is more than one such Corporation, the one determined by the Church meeting.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 repealed (E.) (19.5.2014) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2014 (No. 1), s. 21(2), Sch. 2 para. 5(5); S.I. 2014/1369, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by United Reformed Church Act 1972 (c. xviii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 added (E.) (19.5.2014) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2014 (No. 1), s. 21(2), Sch. 2 para. 5(3), Sch. 2 para. 5(4), Sch. 3; S.I. 2014/1369, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1951 c. xvii."
    }
  ],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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