1. The amount to be paid to the Churches Conservation Trust (“the Trust”) by the Church Commissioners during the three year period 1 ^st April 2003 to 31 ^st March 2006, hereby determined as the funding period for the purposes of Part III of the 1983 Measure, shall not exceed £3,857,142.

2. The maximum amount of the payments which may be made to the Trust under section 52(1)(a) of the 1983 Measure out of the one-third of the net proceeds of sale and premiums shall not exceed £300,000 and such payments shall be applied towards the £3,857,142 referred to in paragraph 1.

3. Subject to paragraph 4 hereof, the balance of the said amount of £3,857,142 shall be paid in such amounts as the Church Commissioners shall determine, either under section 53(1)(c) of the 1983 Measure from any remaining balance of the said one-third of the net proceeds of sale and premiums, or by way of grants made to the Trust by the Church Commissioners under section 44(10) of the 1983 Measure out of their General Fund.

4. A payment on account of the said £3,857,142 shall be made to the Trust only when the Church Commissioners have determined that the payment is an appropriate proportion of a specific sum of money needed by the Trust and are satisfied the balance of that sum will be paid to the Trust out of moneys provided by Parliament.

5. This Order may be cited as The Payments to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1 ^st April 2003.