Draft Order laid before the House of Commons for approval by resolution of that House under section 1(4) of the Redundant Churches and other Religious Buildings Act 1969.
2006 No. []
ecclesiastical law, england
The Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2006
Made 2006
Coming into force 2006

The Secretary of State, with the approval of the Treasury, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(1), (2) and (3) of the Redundant Churches and other Religious Buildings Act 1969 and now vested in her ;
1969 c.22. Section 1(1) has effect subject to section 13 of the Pastoral (Amendment) Measure 1994 (1994 No. 1). Section 13(1) changed the name of the Redundant Churches Fund to the Churches Conservation Trust. The effect of section 13(2) is to require the reference to the Redundant Churches Fund in section 1(1) of the Redundant Churches and other Religious Buildings Act 1969 to be construed as a reference to the Churches Conservation Trust.
S.I. 1970/1681.
In accordance with section 1(4) of that Act, a draft of this instrument was approved by a resolution of the House of Commons.

1 Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2006 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

2 Period for grants to the Churches Conservation Trust
The period beginning on 1st April 2006 and expiring on 31st March 2009 is hereby specified for the purposes of section 1(1) of the Redundant Churches and other Religious Buildings Act 1969 (“the Act”).

3 Aggregate amount of grants
The aggregate amount of the grants that may be paid under section 1(1) of the Act in the period specified in article 2 of this Order shall not exceed £9,000,000.

4 Revocation of previous Orders
The Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2000 and the Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2003 are revoked.
S.I. 2000/402.
S.I. 2003/829.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Culture, Media and Sport 2006
We approve,
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 2006

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
The Churches Conservation Trust has as its object the preservation, in the interests of the nation and the Church of England, of churches and parts of churches of historic and archaeological interest or architectural quality, together with their contents, which are vested in the Trust by Part III of the Pastoral Measure 1983 (1983 No. 1). The Pastoral Measure was amended by the Pastoral (Amendment) Measure 1994 (1994 No. 1) which, amongst other things, changed the name of the Redundant Churches Fund to the Churches Conservation Trust.
This Order specifies the period 1st April 2006 to 31st March 2009 for the purposes of section 1 of the Redundant Churches and other Religious Buildings Act 1969, thus enabling the Secretary of State, with the approval of the Treasury, to make grants to the Churches Conservation Trust during that period of such amounts, payable at such times and subject to such conditions, if any, as she may from time to time determine. The Order specifies the sum of £9,000,000 as the aggregate amount of the grants that may be paid over that period. The previous Orders made under section 1 of the 1969 Act are revoked.