Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1991 (No. 1) No. 1

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3 Amendment of Inspection of Churches Measure 1955

5 In section 6 (interpretation)—

(a) after the definition of “the bishop” there shall be inserted the following definition:—

• ““church” means—

  (a)

  any parish church other than one to which the [1990 No.2.] Care of Cathedrals Measure 1990 applies;

  (b)

  any other church or chapel (not being a cathedral church to which the Care of Cathedrals Measure 1990 applies or a church or chapel which is not subject to the jurisdiction of the bishop of a diocese or the Cathedral Church of Christ in Oxford) which has been consecrated for the purpose of public worship according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England; and

  (c)

  any building licensed for public worship according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England other than—

  (i)

  a building which is in a university, college, school, hospital or public or charitable institution but which has not been designated under section 29(2) of the 1983 Measure as a parish centre of worship;

  (ii)

  a building which has been excluded from the provisions of this Measure by direction of the bishop with the approval of the advisory committee; and

  (iii)

  a building used solely for the purpose of religious services relating to burial or cremation;”;

(b) at the end there shall be inserted the following definitions:—

““qualified person” means a person registered under the Architects Registration Acts 1931 to 1969 or a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors qualified as a chartered building surveyor;

“ruin” means any site comprising the remains of any building above the surface of the land, not being—

(a) a monument (within the meaning of section 3 of the [1964 No. 5.] Faculty Jurisdiction Measure 1964); or

(b) a site which is for the time being used for the purpose of public worship according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England”.