(1)This Measure may be cited as the Care of Places of Worship Measure 1999.
(2)This Measure shall come into operation on such date as the Archbishops of Canterbury and York may jointly appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions.
(3)This Measure shall extend to the whole of the provinces of Canterbury and York except the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man and to any extra-provincial place in England, but may be applied to the Channel Islands as defined in the Channel Islands (Church Legislation) Measures 1931 and 1957, or either of them, in accordance with those Measures.