
1 
This Order may be cited as the Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997.
2 
The period beginning on 1st April 1997 and expiring on 31st March 2000 is hereby specified for the purposes of section 1(1) of the Redundant Churches and other Religious Buildings Act 1969 (“the Act”).
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 of this Order shall not exceed £7,440,000.
Virginia Bottomley
Secretary of State for National Heritage
3rd December 1996We approve,
Richard Ottaway
Michael Bates
Two of the Lords Commissioners ofHer Majesty’s Treasury
3rd December 1996