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Certificates & Contracts

It is our policy to comply with all legislation, regulations and guidelines that apply to a Methodist place of worship and this extends to our hire of church premises to others in the community.

This is the schedule as at 1st February 2012:

 Subject With: Held  by    Last up-dated
Asbestos Report PML TC+NL 20.1.2010
Baptisms, Marriages, Burials Minister or Registrar TK On-going
Lloyds TSB electronic access Treasurer NL Nov 2010
Central Board of Finance Signatories NL January 2010
Administration procedures Lead volunteers NL March 2010
Evacuation Procedures Lead volunteers NL 13 July 2010
Fire extinguisher inspection Fire-Rite No:8955 NL 01.09. 2011
Risk Analyses Relevant members JJ+NL 15 July 2010
Waste Transfer Note cibshygiene.com NL 26.01.12
Licence to use the premises Live at Home NL 22.09.2011
Supply of Electricity Eon NL 19.11.2010
Gas reading code 210030 NL 03.03.2011
Inspection of electrical circuits NICEIC NL 9 July 2007
Additional electrical works NICEIC NL 27 Mar 2009
Gas Safety Certification Sultrain NL 5 Jan 2010

Performing Rights :

 CCLI No 85718 NL 30 Jan 2011
    Church Copyright 7606 NL 1 Oct 2011
    CLA church licence 1401102 NL 1 Oct 2011
    Music Reproduction 7606 NL 1 Oct 2011
    Video Licence 1401092 NL 1 Oct 2011
    PRS for Music 50092 NL 1 Oct 2011
    PPL Will apply from   1 Jan 2012
Portable Appliance Testing UK Safety L@H 76401 NL 16 Sep 2011
Insurances Bldg & Contents Methodists Ins CH1206815A NL 24 Dec 2011
Certification of Lift Engineering Ins. CCA149139 NL 24 Jan 2012
Registration 1133512 Charity Commisioners LL August 2010
CRB Declaration  Keyholders MS June 2010
Register of keyholders  In office filing cabinet MS Feb 2011

 

Using copyright material

Whilst we have all the licences in place, you must tell us of all copies you make of copyright material. Here is a brief explanation of what you MUST do:

Anything written more than 70 years ago is in the public domain, so we can forget that.
Anything we teach by rote, e.g. "If you're happy and you know it, clap your hand" is excluded, unless the teacher is using copied material, such as a photocopy or a home made tape or CD of the tune.
Anything commercially made and printed is excluded - so the original book is exempt, but a copy must be counted and recorded.

Carol sheets copied in previous years and re-used must be counted.
Any copies used by hirers of the hall must be listed. Don't underestimate this.  Our hirers are fortunate we provide the licences for them (this costs us over £500 p.a.) and this is included in their hire charge. But as a hirer you are required by law to tell us about copied poems, music, taped music that has been copied from an original and used on our premises. 

Videos taken by brides where the sound track includes music that is still in copyright (not Bach and Wesley, but certainly lots in the newer hymn book like Songs of Fellowship) need a specific licence for the occasion of videoing.

CDs made by us of organ recitals where works less than 70 years old were played.
Images copied by us from published books (e.g. a photo of an event shown in the History of Trinity book used for a PowerPoint presentation)
Images from other published works used to enhance an illustrated talk in church or in the hall.

This sound onerous and awful.  The purpose is to ensure royalties are paid to the copyright holder and all the above examples may have slipped through the next and no royalties paid in the past. It has NO COST IMPLICATIONS for Trinity.  We are licensed and the Performing Rights fees paid.  But a NIL return will provoke investigation.