Sharing of Church Buildings Act 1969

Section 11.

SCHEDULE 2 E+W Churches and their Appropriate Authorities

Name of Church	Appropriate Authority or Authorities
Any Church of the Baptist Denomination.	As 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.
Any Church of the congregational Denomination.	As 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.
Any Congregation of the Association of Churches of Christ in Great Britain and Ireland.	As 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.
The Methodist Church	The Annual Conference of the Methodist Church.
[F1 The United Reformed Church]	[F1 The Synod of the province of the United Reformed Church in which the church building or buildings is or are or will be situated.]
The Roman Catholic Church.	The Bishop of the diocese in which the church building or buildings is or are or will be situated.
The Church in Wales	The Governing Body of the Church in Wales.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words substituted by United Reformed Church Act 1972 (c. xviii)

For the purposes of this Schedule, “the Baptist Trust Corporation” and “the Congregational Trust Corporation” have the following meanings:—

(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 M1 Baptist and Congregational Trusts Act 1951, it means that Corporation;

Marginal Citations

M1 1951 c. xvii.

(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.