Church of England (Pensions) Measure 1988

Part I E Amendments to Clergy Pensions Measure 1961

1 E The M1 Clergy Pensions Measure 1961 shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in paragraphs 2 to 20 below.

Marginal Citations

M1 1961 No. 3.

2–6 E . . . F1

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 paras. 2–6, 15, 18, 19, 20(a)(c), 21 and 25–33 repealed by S.I. 1988/2256, reg. 36, Sch. 2

7 E In section 18—

(a) for subsection (2) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

“(2) The Board shall pay out of the said Fund all payments required to be made by them in respect of contributions or other sums received by them under section 11, 13, 14 or 15 of this Measure.”;

(b) in subsection (3) for the words “Part II of this Measure” there shall be substituted the words “in respect of contributions or other sums received by them under section 11, 13, 14 or 15 of this Measure” and for the words from “for the reduction” to the end of the subsection there shall be substituted the words “for the increase of pensions or capital sums payable in respect of those contributions or other sums”.

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Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 2 para. 8 repealed (1.5.2003) by Church of England (Pensions) Measure 2003 (No. 2), ss. 6, 7(2), Sch.; 2003 No. 1, Instrument made by Archbishops

9 E In section 21—

(a) in subsection (3) for the words “not less than twenty-one or more than twenty-three” there shall be substituted the word “twenty-one” and the words from “and (c) not more than” to the end of the subsection shall be omitted;

(b) in subsection (5) for the words from “any other casual vacancy” to the end of the subsection there shall be substituted the words “any casual vacancy occurring among members elected by the General Synod shall be filled as soon as possible by the Standing Committee of the Synod by the appointment of a person ordinarily resident in the province in which the member replaced was ordinarily resident at the time of his election.”

10 E In section 24, in paragraph (b) for the words “Part II of this Measure” there shall be substituted the words “pensions or lump sum payments in respect of deceased clerks”.

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Textual Amendments

F3 Sch. 2 para. 11 repealed (1.5.2003) by Church of England (Pensions) Measure 2003 (No. 2), ss. 6, 7(2), Sch.; 2003 No. 1, Instrument made by Archbishops

12 E In section 29 for the words from “the Housing Act 1957” to the end of the section there shall be substituted the words “section 1(1) of the Housing Associations Act 1985.”

13 E In section 30—

(a) in subsection (1) after the word “widows” there shall be inserted the word “widowers”;

(b) in subsection (2) after the word “widows” there shall be inserted the word “widowers”.

14 E In section 34(1) for the words “other than any fund of the Clergy Pensions Institution” there shall be substituted the words “and also the accounts of any moneys received by the Board from the Commissioners under section 17(2) of this Measure”.

15 E . . . F4

Textual Amendments

F4 Sch. 2 paras. 2–6, 15, 18, 19, 20(a)(c), 21 and 25–33 repealed by S.I. 1988/2256, reg. 36, Sch. 2

16 E In section 38—

(a) in subsection (1)(a) after the word “clerk” there shall be inserted the words “deaconess or licensed lay worker”;

(b) for the word “clerk” in each place where it occurs except in subsection (1)(a) there shall be substituted the words “scheme member”;

(c) after the word “widow” in subsection (1)(g) there shall be inserted the word “widower”.

17 E In section 40—

(a) in subsections (1), (2) and (3)(a) for the words “and dependants of deceased clerks” there shall be substituted the words “widowers and dependants of deceased clerks, deaconesses or licensed lay workers”;

(b) in subsection (3)(b) after the word “widows” there shall be inserted the word “widowers”.

18, 19 E . . . F5

Textual Amendments

F5 Sch. 2 paras. 2–6, 15, 18, 19, 20(a)(c), 21 and 25–33 repealed by S.I. 1988/2256, reg. 36, Sch. 2

20 E In section 46(1)—

(a) . . . F6

(b) after the definition of “Episcopal Pensions Measures” there shall be inserted the following definition—

““licensed lay worker” means a person who has been admitted by a bishop as a lay worker of the Church of England and who has been authorised by a bishop by licence to serve as such a worker, and includes a person who has been so admitted and has been so authorised otherwise than by licence if on the date on which section 1 of the Church of England (Pensions) Measure 1988 comes into force he was a member of the Church Workers Pension Fund”;

(c) . . . F6

Textual Amendments

F6 Sch. 2 paras. 2–6, 15, 18, 19, 20(a)(c), 21 and 25–33 repealed by S.I. 1988/2256, reg. 36, Sch. 2