(1)The Commissioners by order—
(a)shall determine [the funding periods for the purposes of this Part and in respect of each funding] period the total amount of grants to be made by the Commissioners under section 44(10) and the maximum figure to be paid to the Redundant Churches Fund under section 52(1);
(b)may in respect of any [F1funding] period vary the proportions of two-thirds and one-third specified in section 46(1) and section 51(5);
(c)may in respect of any [funding] period direct the payment to the Redundant Churches Fund out of the moneys mentioned in section 52(1) of sums additional to the said maximum figure.
(2)An order made under subsection (1) may specify conditions which must be satisfied before a payment is made by the Commissioners.
(3)An order made under subsection (1)(b) shall apply to all transactions completed after the date on which the order comes into operation, except such transactions (if any) as may be specified in the order.
(4)When an order has been made under subsection (1)(c) the Commissioners shall retain the moneys mentioned in section 52 pending the final decision whether or not the order is to have effect, and shall then allocate them accordingly.
(5)An order under this section may be varied or revoked by a subsequent order made thereunder [F2and the subsequent order may contain such transitional provisions as the Commissioners may consider necessary or expedient to give effect to the variation or revocation].
(6)Every order made under this section shall be laid before the General Synod and shall not come into operation unless and until it has been approved by the General Synod.
[F3(6A)Where the Standing Committee of the General Synod determines that an order made under this section does not need to be debated by the General Synod, then, unless notice is given by a member of the General Synod in accordance with its Standing Orders that he wishes the order to be -debated, the order shall for the purposes of subsection (6) be deemed to have been approved by the General Synod.]
(7)The M1Statutory Instruments Act 1946 shall apply to any order approved by the General Synod under subsection (6) as if it were a statutory instrument and were made when so approved, and as if this Measure were an Act providing that any such order shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 53(1)(b)(c) substituted (1.4.1994) by 1994 No. 1, s. 6(a)(ii); Instrument dated 25.3.1994 made by Archbishops of Canterbury and York.
F2Words in s. 53(5) inserted (1.4.1994) by 1994 No. 1, s. 6(b); Instrument dated 25.3.1994 made by Archbishops of Canterbury and York.
F3S. 53(6A) inserted (1.4.1994) by 1994 No. 1, s. 6(c); Instrument dated 25.3.1994 made by Archbishops of Canterbury and York.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Words in s. 53(1)(a) substituted (1.4.1994) by 1994 No. 1, s. 6(a)(i); Instrument dated 25.3.1994 made by Archbishops of Canterbury and York.
C2S. 53(6A): Functions of Standing Committee transferred (1.1.1999) to Business Committee by S.I. 1998/1715, arts. 1(2)(4), 2, Sch. 1; Instrument dated 14.10.1998 made by Archbishops of Canterbury and York.
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