Inspection of Churches Measure 1955 (repealed)

6 Interpretation. E

In this Measure the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them:—

• “advisory committee” means the advisory committee for the care of churches of the diocese in question appointed under the [F1 M1 Faculty Jurisdiction Measure 1964];

• “the bishop” when used with reference to a church means the bishop of the diocese in which the church is situate (including during a vacancy in the see the guardian of the spiritualities thereof);

• [F2 “church” means—

  (a)

  any parish church other than one to which the Care of Cathedrals Measure 1990 applies;

  (b)

  any other church or chapel (not being a cathedral church to which the Care of Cathedrals Measure 1990 applies or a church or chapel which is not subject to the jurisdiction of the bishop of a diocese or the Cathedral Church of Christ in Oxford) which has been consecrated for the purpose of public worship according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England; and

  (c)

  any building licensed for public worship according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England other than—

  (i)

  a building which is in a university, college, school, hospital or public or charitable institution but which has not been designated under section 29(2) of the 1983 Measure as a parish centre of worship;

  (ii)

  a building which has been excluded from the provisions of this Measure by direction of the bishop with the approval of the advisory committee; and

  (iii)

  a building used solely for the purpose of religious services relating to burial or cremation;]

• “diocese” in the case of the diocese of Winchester does not include the Channel Islands.

• [F3 “qualified person” means a person registered under the Architects Registration Acts 1931 to 1969 or a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors qualified as a chartered building surveyor;

• “ruin” means any site comprising the remains of any building above the surface of the land, not being—

  (a)

  a monument (within the meaning of section 3 of the Faculty Jurisdiction Measure 1964); or

  (b)

  a site which is for the time being used for the purpose of public worship according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Measure 1925 (No. 1), s. 1

F2 The definition of "church" in s. 6 inserted (1.3.1993) by Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1991 (No. 1, SIF 21:8), s. 3, Sch. 3 para. 5(a) (with s. 31(6)); Archbishops' Instrument dated16.2.1993

F3 The definitions of "qualified person" and "ruin" in s. 6 inserted (1.3.1993) by Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1991 (No. 1, SIF 21:8), s. 3, Sch. 3 para. 5(b) (with s. 31(6)); Archbishops' Instrument dated16.2.1993

Marginal Citations

M1 1964 No. 5.