Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 908
Ecclesiastical Law, England And Wales
The Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2015
Made
24th March 2015
Coming into force
1st April 2015
The Secretary of State, with the approval of the Treasury, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1 of the Redundant Churches and other Religious Buildings Act 1969( 1 ) and now vested in him( 2 ):
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 commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2015 and comes into force on 1st April 2015.
Period for grants to the Churches Conservation Trust
2. The period from the beginning of 1st April 2015 until the end of 31st March 2016 is specified for the purposes of section 1(1) of the Redundant Churches and other Religious Buildings Act 1969(“the Act”).
Aggregate amount of grants
3. The aggregate amount of the grants that may be paid under section 1(1) of the Act in the period specified in article 2 shall not exceed £3,217,000.
Revocation of previous Order
4.The Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2011( 3 ) is revoked.
Ed Vaizey
Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
5th March 2015
We approve.
Alun Cairns
David Evennett
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
24th March 2015
1969 c.22 . The Pastoral Measure 1968 (1968 No.1) established the Redundant Churches Fund and section 13(1) of the Pastoral (Amendment) Measure 1994 (1994 No.1) changed the name of the Redundant Churches Fund to the Churches Conservation Trust. Section 13(2) of the Pastoral (Amendment) Measure 1994 provided that reference to the Redundant Churches Fund in section 1(1) of the Redundant Churches and other Religious Buildings Act 1969 should be construed as a reference to the Churches Conservation Trust. The Pastoral (Amendment) Measure 1994 was repealed by the Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011 (2011 No.3) and the operation of the Churches Conservation Trust is now governed by section 57 of the 2011 Measure.