1996 No. 3069

ECCLESIASTICAL LAW, ENGLAND

The Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 1996

Made

Coming into force

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(1) and (2) of the Redundant Churches and other Religious Buildings Act 19691 and now vested in her2, and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, with the approval of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order, in the terms of a draft approved by resolution of the House of Commons:

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 19963 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997.

Period for grants to the Churches Conservation Trust2

The period beginning on 1st April 1997 and expiring on 31st March 2000 is hereby specified for the purposes of section 1(1) of the Redundant Churches and other Religious Buildings Act 1969 (“the Act”).

Aggregate amount of grants3

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 £7,440,000.

Virginia BottomleySecretary of State for National Heritage

We approve,

Richard OttawayMichael BatesTwo of the Lords Commissioners ofHer Majesty’s Treasury

(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 Fund by Part III of the Pastoral Measure 1983 (1983 No. 1). The Pastoral Measure was amended by the Pastoral (Amendment) Measure 1994 which, inter alia, changed the name of the Redundant Churches Fund to the Churches Conservation Trust.

This order specifies the period 1st April 1997 to 31st March 2000 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 £7,440,000 as the maximum aggregate amount of the grants that may be paid over that period.