Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1995

11 Amendment of Pastoral Measure 1983

The [1983 No. 1.] Pastoral Measure 1983 shall have effect subject to the following amendments —

(a) in section 9 (confirmation of schemes by Order in Council) in subsection (4) after paragraph (d) there shall be inserted the word “or” and the following paragraphs—

“(e) no person has duly made written representations with respect to the draft scheme; or

(f) written representations with respect to the draft scheme have been duly made but it has not been practicable to serve any notice under subsection (1)(a),”;

(b) in section 44 (appointment of Churches Conservation Trust) in subsection (5) after paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(aa) to acquire property (including rights of way) where the Trust considers that to do so would assist it in the exercise of its powers under paragraph (a);”;

(c) in section 51 (contents of redundancy schemes) in subsection (9) for the words from “being a church” to “in the case of that church” there shall be substituted the words “and the Commissioners are satisfied that a new church or place of worship is to be provided in the area of the benefice in which the first-mentioned church is situated to take the place of that church”;

(d) in section 87 (general interpretation) at the end there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(5) Any reference in this Measure to the demolition of a building shall be construed as including a reference to the demolition of part thereof.”;

(e) in Schedule 1 (constitution and procedure of the pastoral committee of a diocese) in paragraph 3 after the words “suffragan bishop in the diocese” there shall be inserted the words “(not being a suffragan bishop appointed to act as a provincial episcopal visitor for the purposes of the Episcopal Ministry Act of Synod 1993)”.