New Housing Areas (Church Buildings) Measure, 1954
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | measure 1954 No. 1 |
| Year | 1954 |
New Housing Areas (Church Buildings) Measure, 1954
(2 & 3 Eliz. 2)
A MEASURE passed by the National Assembly of the Church of England
To enable the Church Commissioners to make grants or loans in respect of church buildings in certain areas, having regard to recent housing development in those areas and the absence or insufficiency of suitable church buildings therein.
1 Grants or loans in respect of church buildings in certain areas.
(1) Where in the case of any area it appears to the Church Commissioners (in this Measure referred to as ‘the Commissioners’), having regard to recent housing development in the area, that the area is not sufficiently provided with suitable church buildings of any description, and that it is expedient for the Commissioners to exercise their powers under this Measure, the Commissioners shall have power, subject to the provisions of this section, to make payments, whether by way of grant or loan, for or towards the provision in that area of one or more church buildings of the description in question.
(2) The Commissioners shall not exercise their powers under this Measure in respect of the provision of a church building except on receipt of a request in writing made by or on behalf of the pastoral committee of the diocese in which the building is to be provided, being a request made with the concurrence in writing of the bishop of the diocese:
Provided that the diocesan conference of the diocese may designate a committee other than the pastoral committee to act under this subsection in place of the pastoral committee.
(3) Any payment made by the Commissioners in the exercise of their powers under this Measure shall be made out of their general fund, and shall be made to such person or body of persons, and on such terms and conditions, as the Commissioners may think proper having regard to the circumstances in which the payment is made.
(4) Without prejudice to the generality of the last preceding subsection, any payment made as aforesaid by way of loan may be made repayable by instalments or otherwise, and either free of interest or subject to the payment of interest at such rate as the Commissioners may think proper.
(5) In this section references to the provision of church buildings shall be construed as references to all or any of the following, that is to say, the acquisition of sites for church buildings, the erection of church buildings,...
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