This Scheme shall apply to every parish having a consecrated
or dedicated or licensed church, and to all Quinquennial Inspectors, whether
appointed under this Scheme, or under any previous scheme.
This Scheme shall include, in respect of each parish,
the Parish Church and all chapels of ease, daughter churches, mission churches
and the like, and all other buildings and structures or grounds or parts thereof
for the maintenance of which the Parochial Church Council (hereinafter known
as the PCC) is responsible.
Churchyards and burial grounds closed by Order in
Council and handed over to the Local Planning Authority for maintenance purposes
only, but within the curtilage of the Parish Church and subject to the legal
effects of consecration shall also be included in this Scheme.
A guild church under the Guild Churches Act 1952 shall
be deemed to be a parish church, and the Guild Church Council to be the PCC,
for the purposes of this Scheme.
The following other bodies responsible
for the upkeep of places of worship within the geographical area of the diocese
may enter the scheme with the consent of the London Diocesan Fund (hereinafter
known as 'The Fund') on terms arranged by The Fund:-
Owners or trustees of or institutions containing
places of worship which have registered with the Council for the Care
of Churches under the Care of Places of Worship Measure 1999, but subject
to the consent of the Council for the Care of Churches;
Owners or trustees of or institutions containing
Church of England places of worship but not covered by paragraph 1(b)
of this Scheme and not subject to the Care of Places of Worship Measure
by reason of Clause 1(5)(b) or (c) of that Measure.
Trustees or persons responsible
for part of the premises containing a place of worship which is covered
by paragraph 1(b) save that those trustees or persons and not the
PCC are responsible by virtue of a lease or licence.
