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Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2005

2005 No. 3

A Measure passed by the General Synod of the Church of England to amend the Parsonages Measure 1938; to amend sections 6 and 11 of the Church Commissioners Measure 1947; to repeal section 7 of the Diocesan Stipends Funds Measure 1953; to amend section 8 of the Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956; to amend section 20 of the Church Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1960; to amend the Repair of Benefice Buildings Measure 1972; to amend the Endowments and Glebe Measure 1976; to amend the Pastoral Measure 1983; to make provision for the appointment of diocesan secretaries; and for purposes connected therewith.

Enacted[24th March 2005]

F51 Amendment of Parsonages Measure 1938

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I12 Amendment of Church Commissioners Measure 1947

The Church Commissioners Measure 1947 (10 & 11 Geo.6. No. 2) shall be amended as follows—
a in section 6(1)(b) after the word “shall”, in the third place where it occurs, there shall be inserted the words “ , if present, ”;
b for section 6(3B)(d) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
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c in section 11(2) the words “in such manner and by such person as the Treasury may direct” shall be omitted.

I23 Amendment of Diocesan Stipends Funds Measure 1953

Section 7 of the Diocesan Stipends Funds Measure 1953 (1 & 2 Eliz. 2 No. 2) is hereby repealed.

I34 Amendment of Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956

For section 8 of the Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2 No. 3) there shall be substituted the following section—
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I45 Amendment of Church Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1960

1 Section 20 of the Church Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1960 (8 & 9 Eliz. 2 No. 1) shall be amended as follows.
2 For subsection (1) there shall be substituted the following subsection—
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3 Subsection (2) is hereby repealed.
4 For subsection (2A) there shall be substituted the following subsection—
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5 In subsection (3) after the words “pensionable service” there shall be inserted the words “ , in relation to a Church Estates Commissioner, ”.
6 At the end there shall be added the following subsection—
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7 Nothing in this section shall have effect in relation to a First or Third Church Estates Commissioner who is in service as such a Commissioner on the date of the coming into force of this section, or who has retired from or otherwise ceased to be in service as such a Commissioner before that date.

I56 Amendment of Repair of Benefice Buildings Measure 1972

1 The Repair of Benefice Buildings Measure 1972 (1972 No. 2) shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in Schedule 2 to this Measure.
2 Any scheme made by a diocesan synod and in force on the date of the coming into force of this section shall have effect subject to the amendments in paragraphs 2 to 9 of Schedule 2 to this Measure.

I67 Amendment of Endowments and Glebe Measure 1976

The Endowments and Glebe Measure 1976 (1976 No. 4) shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in Schedule 3 to this Measure.

F2I78 Amendment of Pastoral Measure 1983

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I249 Diocesan Secretaries

1 There shall be, for each diocese, an officer, to be known as the diocesan secretary, who shall exercise the functions conferred by or under this section and such other functions as may be specified by the diocesan synod of the diocese.
2 The diocesan secretary shall be the chief administrative officer of the diocese.
3 The diocesan secretary may be appointed by the diocesan synod to act as the secretary of the diocesan synod appointed in accordance with the standing orders of the diocesan synod under Rule 44 of the Church Representation Rules.
4 The diocesan secretary may, if the terms of appointment so provide, act as the secretary to the Diocesan Board of Finance for that diocese.
5 Subject to subsections (2) to (4) above the manner and terms of appointment of the diocesan secretary shall be such as may be determined from time to time by the diocesan synod.
6 In this section “Diocesan Board of Finance” means, in relation to a diocese, the board of that name constituted under the Diocesan Boards of Finance Measure 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5 No. 3) for that diocese or recognised under section 9 of the Diocesan Stipends Funds Measure 1953 (1 & 2 Eliz. 2 No. 2) as being the board of finance for that diocese for the purposes of that Measure.

I810 Repeals

The enactments mentioned in Schedule 5 to this Measure are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the second column of that Schedule.

I911 Citation, commencement and extent

1 This Measure may be cited as the Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2005.
2 This Measure shall come into force on such day as the Archbishops of Canterbury and York may jointly appoint, and different days may be appointed for different provisions.
3 This Measure shall extend to the whole of the Provinces of Canterbury and York, except that it shall only extend to the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands in accordance with the following provisions of this section.
4 This section shall extend to the Isle of Man and, if an Act of Tynwald or an instrument made under an Act of Tynwald so provides, sections 2, 4, 8, 9 and 10 above and Schedules 4 and 5 to this Measure shall extend to the Isle of Man subject to such exceptions, adaptations or modifications as may be specified in the Act of Tynwald or instrument
5 This Measure, except sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 above and Schedule 1 to this Measure, may be applied to the Channel Islands as defined in the Channel Islands (Church Legislation) Measures 1931 and 1957, or either of them, in accordance with those Measures.

SCHEDULES

F3SCHEDULE 1 

Amendment of Parsonages Measure 1938

Section 1

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SCHEDULE 2 

Amendment of Repair of Benefice Buildings Measure 1972

Section 6

I101The Repair of Benefice Buildings Measure 1972 (1972 No. 2) shall be amended as follows.
I112In section 1(2) there shall be added at the end the words— “ Provided that no person appointed as a surveyor after the coming into force of section 6 of the Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2005 shall be considered to be a fit person for the purposes of this subsection unless that person is registered under the Architects Act 1997 or is a corporate member of the Chartered Institute of Building or the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors or a member of such other body as the Commissioners may determine and appearing to them to be suitably qualified. ”.
I123In section 14(1) after the word “Board”, in the first place where it occurs, there shall be inserted the words “ is satisfied that a parsonage house may be sold or exchanged without the consent of the Commissioners under the Parsonages Measure 1938 or ” and for the words “sale, exchange or demolition” in each place where they occur there shall be substituted the words “ sale or exchange ”.
I134In section 14(1)(b) the words “in a case where the parsonage house is to be sold or exchanged,” shall be omitted.
I145In section 14(2) for the words “sale, exchange or demolition” there shall be substituted the words “ sale or exchange ”.
I156In section 15(4) for the words “shall not constitute a charge on the Parsonages Fund established under section 17 hereof” there shall be substituted the words “ shall be met by any fund or funds capable of being used for the purposes in question ” and the proviso shall be omitted.
I167In section 16 there shall be added at the end the following subsection—
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1 For section 17 there shall be substituted the following section—
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2 On the date of the coming into force of this paragraph every Parsonages Fund for a diocese shall be dissolved and all moneys held in the Fund shall be paid into any fund or funds which may be used for the purposes of defraying the cost of the provision, improvement or repair of parsonage houses.
I189Section 18 shall cease to have effect.
I1910In section 19(3) and (6) for the words “the Parsonages Fund”, in each place, there shall be substituted the words “ any fund or funds capable of being applied for the purposes of the provision, improvement or repair of parsonage houses ”.
I2011In section 21—
a in subsection (3) the words after “to do so” to the end shall be omitted; and
b at the end there shall be added the following subsection—
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SCHEDULE 3 

Amendment of Endowments and Glebe Measure 1976

Section 7

I211The Endowments and Glebe Measure 1976 (1976 No. 4) shall be amended as follows.
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I227In section 45(1), in the definition of “pastoral scheme” the words “and confirmed by Order in Council” shall be omitted.
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F1SCHEDULE 4 

Amendment of Pastoral Measure 1983

Section 8

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I23SCHEDULE 5 

Repeals

Section 10

MeasureExtent of repeal
1960 (8 & 9 Eliz. 2 No. 2) Church Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1960In section 20, subsection (4).
1972 No. 2, Repair of Benefice Buildings Measure 1972

Section 18.

In Schedule 1, paragraphs 2(6) and (7) and 3(b).

1975 No. 1, Church Commissioners (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1975Section 2.
1976 No. 4, Endowments and Glebe Measure 1976In section 26, subsection (3).
1983 No. 1, Pastoral Measure 1983In section 50, subsection (8).
2000 No. 1, Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure

In Schedule 2, paragraph 6.

In Schedule 4, paragraph 7.

In Schedule 5, paragraphs 5(d) and 7(b).

In Schedule 6, paragraphs 4 and 5(b).

Footnotes

  1. I1
    S. 2 in force at 1.6.2005 by S.I. 2005/2, Instrument made by Archbishops
  2. I2
    S. 3 in force at 1.6.2005 by S.I. 2005/2, Instrument made by Archbishops
  3. I3
    S. 4 in force at 1.6.2005 by S.I. 2005/2, Instrument made by Archbishops
  4. I4
    S. 5 in force at 1.6.2005 by S.I. 2005/2, Instrument made by Archbishops
  5. I5
    S. 6 in force at 1.6.2005 by S.I. 2005/2, Instrument made by Archbishops
  6. I6
    S. 7 in force at 1.6.2005 by S.I. 2005/2, Instrument made by Archbishops
  7. I7
    S. 8 in force at 1.6.2005 by S.I. 2005/2, Instrument made by Archbishops
  8. I8
    S. 10 in force at 1.6.2005 by S.I. 2005/2, Instrument made by Archbishops
  9. I9
    S. 11 in force at 1.6.2005 by S.I. 2005/2, Instrument made by Archbishops
  10. I10
    Sch. 2 para. 1 in force at 1.6.2005 by S.I. 2005/2, Instrument made by Archbishops
  11. I11
    Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 1.6.2005 by S.I. 2005/2, Instrument made by Archbishops
  12. I12
    Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 1.6.2005 by S.I. 2005/2, Instrument made by Archbishops
  13. I13
    Sch. 2 para. 4 in force at 1.6.2005 by S.I. 2005/2, Instrument made by Archbishops
  14. I14
    Sch. 2 para. 5 in force at 1.6.2005 by S.I. 2005/2, Instrument made by Archbishops
  15. I15
    Sch. 2 para. 6 in force at 1.6.2005 by S.I. 2005/2, Instrument made by Archbishops
  16. I16
    Sch. 2 para. 7 in force at 1.6.2005 by S.I. 2005/2, Instrument made by Archbishops
  17. I17
    Sch. 2 para. 8 in force at 1.6.2005 by S.I. 2005/2, Instrument made by Archbishops
  18. I18
    Sch. 2 para. 9 in force at 1.6.2005 by S.I. 2005/2, Instrument made by Archbishops
  19. I19
    Sch. 2 para. 10 in force at 1.6.2005 by S.I. 2005/2, Instrument made by Archbishops
  20. I20
    Sch. 2 para. 11 in force at 1.6.2005 by S.I. 2005/2, Instrument made by Archbishops
  21. I21
    Sch. 3 para. 1 in force at 1.6.2005 by S.I. 2005/2, Instrument made by Archbishops
  22. I22
    Sch. 3 para. 7 in force at 1.6.2005 by S.I. 2005/2, Instrument made by Archbishops
  23. I23
    Sch. 5 in force at 1.6.2005 by S.I. 2005/2, Instrument made by Archbishops
  24. I24
    S. 9 in force at 1.9.2005 by S.I. 2005/2, Instrument made by Archbishops
  25. F1
    Sch. 4 repealed (1.7.2012) by Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011 (No. 3), s. 112(3), Sch. 9 (with ss. 100, 105(4), 107, 108(6), Sch. 8); S.I. 2012/1, art. 2
  26. F2
    S. 8 repealed (1.7.2012) by Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011 (No. 3), s. 112(3), Sch. 9 (with ss. 100, 105(4), 107, 108(6), Sch. 8); S.I. 2012/1, art. 2
  27. F3
    Sch. 1 repealed (1.3.2019) by Church Property Measure 2018 (No. 8), s. 53(2), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 2); S.I. 2019/97, art. 2
  28. F4
    Sch. 3 paras. 2-6 repealed (1.3.2019) by Church Property Measure 2018 (No. 8), s. 53(2), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 2); S.I. 2019/97, art. 2
  29. F5
    S. 1 repealed (1.3.2019) by Church Property Measure 2018 (No. 8), s. 53(2), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 2); S.I. 2019/97, art. 2
  30. F6
    Sch. 3 para. 8 repealed (1.3.2019) by Church Property Measure 2018 (No. 8), s. 53(2), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 2); S.I. 2019/97, art. 2
  31. F7
    Words in s. 9(3) substituted (1.1.2020) by Church Representation and Ministers Measure 2019 (No. 1), s. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 29; S.I. 2019/1460, art. 2