The Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2020
In accordance with section 1(4) of that Act, a draft of this instrument was laid before and approved by a resolution of the House of Commons.
Citation and commencement1.
This Order may be cited as the Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2020 and comes into force on 1st April 2020.
Period for grants to the Churches Conservation Trust2.
The period beginning with 1st April 2020 and ending with 31st March 2021 is 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 must not exceed £2,789,000.
Revocation of the previous Order4.
The Churches Conservation Trust (formerly known as the Redundant Churches Fund) 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 which, together with their contents, are vested in the Trust.
Article 2 of the Order specifies the period beginning with 1st April 2020 and ending with 31st March 2021 for the purposes of section 1 of the Redundant Churches and other Religious Buildings Act 1969. As a result, the Secretary of State may, with the approval of the Treasury, 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 the Secretary of State may from time to time determine. Article 3 of the Order specifies the sum of £2,789,000 as the maximum aggregate amount of the grants that may be paid in that period. The previous Order made under section 1 of the 1969 Act is revoked.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.