Dioceses, Pastoral and Mission Measure 2007

42Provision by pastoral church buildings scheme for appropriation or demolition of church to be closed for regular public worship to be replaced by new churchE

Section 46 shall be amended as follows—

(a)in subsection (1), for the words from the beginning of the subsection to the beginning of paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following words “ Where the Commissioners are satisfied that a new church or place of worship is to be provided in the area of a benefice to take the place of a church building or church buildings in that area which should thereupon be declared closed for regular public worship and where the Commissioners, after consulting the Church Buildings Council, are satisfied with the proposals made for the future of the church building or any of the church buildings to be closed, then a pastoral church buildings scheme may further provide— ”;

(b)in subsection (2), all the words following the words “diocesan board of finance”, where they first appear, shall be omitted; and

(c)subsections (3) to (6) shall be omitted.

Commencement Information

I1S. 42 in force at 11.6.2008 by 2007 No. 3, Instrument made by Archbishops