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# ECCLESIASTICAL LAW, ENGLAND 

# 2021 No. 556 

The Payments to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2021 

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The Church Commissioners, in exercise of the power under section 65 of the Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011( a ) and in accordance with section 9(3A) of the Church Commissioners Measure 1947( b ) and section 11(6) and (7) of the Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2018( c ), make the following Order: 

## Citation, commencement and interpretation 

1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Payments to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2021. 

(2) This Order comes into force on the day after the day on which it is laid before Parliament. 

(3) In this Order, “the 2011 Measure” means the Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011. 

## Funding period 

2.  The funding period for the purposes of Part 6 of the 2011 Measure (buildings closed for regular public worship) is the period which begins with the date on which this Order comes into force and ends with 31st March 2024. 

## Amount of payment 

3. —(1) The total amount to be paid by the Commissioners to the Churches Conservation Trust in respect of the funding period specified in Article 2, by way of grants under section 57(19) of the 2011 Measure and moneys allocated under section 64(1) of that Measure, is— 

(a) £4,500,000 and 

(b) such additional amounts as are provided for by paragraph (2). 

(2) Where the Commissioners’ one-third share of the proceeds and premiums received during 2021, 2022, or 2023 exceeds £650,000, there is to be an additional amount for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) equal to the amount of the excess. 

(3) But the total of the payments under paragraph (1)(b) must not exceed £900,000; and paragraph (2) accordingly has effect subject to this paragraph. 

