Grants to the Redundant Churches Fund Order 1994
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1994/962 |
| Year | 1994 |
1994 No. 962
ECCLESIASTICAL LAW, ENGLAND
The Grants to the Redundant Churches Fund Order 1994
Made 28th March 1994
Coming into force 1st April 1994
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 19691and now vested in him2, and of all other powers enabling him 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 commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Grants to the Redundant Churches Fund Order 1994 and shall come into force on 1st April 1994.
Period for grants to the Redundant Churches Fund
2. The period beginning with 1st April 1994 and expiring on 31st March 1997 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 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 of this Order shall not exceed £7,200,000.
Peter Brooke
Secretary of State for National Hertitage
21st March 1994
Timothy Kirkhope
Irvine Patnick
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
28th March 1994
(This note is not part of the Order)
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, together with their contents, which are vested in the Fund by Part III of the Pastoral Measure 1983 (1983 No.1).
This Order specifies the period 1st April 1994 to 31st March 1997 for the purposes of section 1 of the Redundant Churches and other Religious Buildings Act 1969 (“the Act”), thus enabling the Secretary of State with the approval of the Treasury to make grants to the Redundant Churches Fund during that period of such amounts, payable at such times and subject to such conditions, if any, as he may from time to time determine. The Order specifies the sum of £7,200,000 as the maximum aggregate amount of the grants that may be paid over that period.
By virtue of section 13 of the Pastoral (Amendment) Measure 1994 (1994 No. 1), the body called the Redundant Churches Fund will...
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