53 Orders of Commissioners determining or varying payments to Redundant Churches Fund.E
(1)The Commissioners by order—
(a)shall determine in respect of each five year period the total amount of grants to be made by the Commissioners under section 44(10) and the maximum figure to be paid to the Redundant Churches Fund under section 52(1);
(b)may in respect of any five year period vary the proportions of two-thirds and one-third specified in section 46(1) and section 51(5);
(c)may in respect of any five year period direct the payment to the Redundant Churches Fund out of the moneys mentioned in section 52(1) of sums additional to the said maximum figure.
(2)An order made under subsection (1) may specify conditions which must be satisfied before a payment is made by the Commissioners.
(3)An order made under subsection (1)(b) shall apply to all transactions completed after the date on which the order comes into operation, except such transactions (if any) as may be specified in the order.
(4)When an order has been made under subsection (1)(c) the Commissioners shall retain the moneys mentioned in section 52 pending the final decision whether or not the order is to have effect, and shall then allocate them accordingly.
(5)An order under this section may be varied or revoked by a subsequent order made thereunder.
(6)Every order made under this section shall be laid before the General Synod and shall not come into operation unless and until it has been approved by the General Synod.
(7)The M1Statutory Instruments Act 1946 shall apply to any order approved by the General Synod under subsection (6) as if it were a statutory instrument and were made when so approved, and as if this Measure were an Act providing that any such order shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
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