The Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2016
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2016/433 |
| Year | 2016 |
2016 No. 433
Ecclesiastical Law, England And Wales
The Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2016
Made 21th March 2016
Coming into force 1st April 2016
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 19691and now vested in him2:
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 2016 and comes into force on 1st April 2016.
Period for grants to the Churches Conservation Trust
2. The period from 1st April 2016 to 31st March 2020 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 must not exceed £10,699,000.
Revocation of previous Order
4. The Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 20153is revoked.
David Evennett
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
4th March 2016
George Hollingbery
Mel Stride
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
21st March 2016
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
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 this Order specifies the period 1st April 2016 to 31st March 2020 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 he may from time to time determine. Article 3 of the Order specifies the sum of £10,699,000 as the maximum aggregate...
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