6Short title, commencement and extentE

(1)This Measure may be cited as the Chancel Repair (Church Commissioners’ Liability) Measure 2025.

(2)This section comes into force on the day on which this Measure is passed.

(3)The other provisions of this Measure come into force on such day as the Church Commissioners may by order appoint; and different days may be appointed for different purposes.

(4)The power to make an order under subsection (3) is exercisable by statutory instrument; and the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 applies as if the order had been made by a Minister of the Crown and as if this Measure were an Act of Parliament.

(5)This Measure extends to—

(a)the whole of the province of Canterbury but not either of the Channel Islands (which has the meaning that “the Bailiwicks” has in the Channel Islands Measure 2020), and

(b)the whole of the province of York but not the Isle of Man.