Statutory Instrument 1988 No. 2256

      The Church of England Pensions Regulations 1988


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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1988 No. 2256

ECCLESIASTICAL LAW, ENGLAND

The Church of England Pensions Regulations 1988

(approved by the General Synod)

Made 8th November 1988
Laid before Parliament 22nd December 1988
Coming into force 1 April 1989


ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

PART I
Preliminary
1.  Citation and commencement
2.  Interpretation
3.  Extent
PART II
Pensions for Scheme Members
4.  Entitlement to pension of scheme members who have performed a qualifying period of pensionable service
5.  Powers of Board to enter into agreements under which certain service is treated as pensionable
6.  Increase of pensions
7.  Entitlement to pension on grounds of infirmity
8.  Death of member within one year of retirement
9.  Suspension or reduction of pension in case of service after retirement
10.  Provisions as to the date of retirement
11.  Application for pension
12.  Return of certain payments
13.  Pensionable service performed after return of payment
PART III
Pensions for widows, widowers and children
14.  Pensions for widows and widowers
15.  Pensions for children
16.  Supplementary provisions as to pensions for widows, widowers and children
17.  Meaning of "deceased member's pension"
18.  Power of Board to commute pension for capital sum
PART IV
Provisions relating to contracted-out employment
19.  Guaranteed minimum pension for certain scheme members and their surviving spouses
20.  Commencement, postponement and suspension of pension
21.  Commencement of pension of scheme member retiring early by reason of infirmity
22.  Effect of remarriage of widow or widower
PART V
Provisions as to reciprocal arrangements and accrued rights
23.  Reciprocal arrangements with other Churches
24.  Reciprocal arrangements with other pension authorities
25.  Restriction on transfer of rights under regulation 23 or 24
26.  Payments by Board in respect of accrued rights of former scheme members
27.  Revaluation of accrued rights
28.  Provisions as to rights accrued under other schemes
PART VI
General provisions
29.  Provisions as to payment of pensions
30.  Payment of pensions in respect of persons suffering from mental disorder
31.  Exclusion of certain clerks from provisions of regulations
32.  Determination of questions
33.  Transitional provisions
34.  Consequential amendments of Clergy Pensions Measure 1961
35.  Consequential amendment of Clergy Pensions (Amendment) Measure 1967
36.  Enactments revoked

SCHEDULES:

  Schedule 1—  Rates of Pension
  Part I— Rate where scheme member retires at or above the retiring age
  Part II— Rate in cases of infirmity
  Part III— Rate where scheme member retires not more than five years before reaching retiring age otherwise than by reason of infirmity

  Schedule 2—  Enactments revoked

 

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