95[F1The closed church buildings support account]E
(1)The Commissioners shall hold an account to be called [F1the closed church buildings support account] and shall transfer to it any moneys which are payable to that account under section 64.
(2)Any moneys transferred under subsection (1) shall be held by the Commissioners as part of their corporate property and the Commissioners shall credit the temporary maintenance account with an equivalent amount charged upon their general fund and shall allow interest at such rate as they may determine upon all sums credited to that account.
(3)The Commissioners may apply moneys standing to the credit of the temporary maintenance account by way of grant or loan to the care, insurance, repair [F2 , maintenance and, where the scheme authorises it, demolition ]of any building closed for regular public worship vested in—
(a)the Commissioners or a diocesan board of finance pending the making or the coming into operation of arrangements under a pastoral (church buildings disposal) scheme;
(b)a diocesan board of finance pending the making or the coming into operation of arrangements under a new or amended pastoral (church buildings disposal) scheme;
(c)the Commissioners or a diocesan board of finance pending the making or the coming into operation of arrangements under a pastoral church buildings scheme to which section 58 or 59 applies.
[F3(3A)The Commissioners may also apply moneys standing to the credit of the closed church buildings support account (whether the building is vested in the Commissioners or a diocesan board of finance) for the purpose of applying for planning permission or listed building consent in respect of a building closed for regular public worship in the circumstances mentioned in relation to that body in subsection (3).]
Textual Amendments
F1Section heading and words in subsection (1) substituted (19.5.2014) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2014 (No. 1), s. 21(2), Sch. 2 para. 19(9)(a); S.I. 2014/1369, art. 2
F2Words substituted (19.5.2014) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2014 (No. 1), s. 21(2), Sch. 2 para. 19(9)(b); S.I. 2014/1369, art. 2
F3S. 95(3A) added (19.5.2014) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2014 (No. 1), s. 21(2), Sch. 2 para. 19(9)(c); S.I. 2014/1369, art. 2
Commencement Information
I1S. 95 in force at 1.7.2012 by S.I. 2012/1, art. 2