Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2024

Bodies

18 Church Commissioners’ functions etc.

(1) In section 5 of the Church Commissioners Measure 1947 (constitution and functions of Board of Governors), after subsection (4A) insert—

“(4B) A committee constituted by or under this Measure may itself establish one or more sub-committees and may delegate functions to any sub-committee so established.

(4C) A sub-committee established by a committee constituted by or under this Measure may itself delegate functions to the chair or deputy chair of the sub-committee or to an appropriate officer.”

(2) In section 6 of that Measure (Assets Committee and Audit and Risk Committee), in subsection (4)—

(a) after “may provide for” insert “—

(a)” ,

(b) after “as the Board” insert “or the committee in question”, and

(c) after “may think fit” insert “;

(b) authorising an appropriate officer to act in relation to a matter on behalf of a person authorised by virtue of paragraph (a) to act in relation to that matter.”

(3) In section 7 of that Measure (procedure), in subsection (2)—

(a) in paragraph (b), after “any Committee of the Board” insert “(but not a sub-committee established by a committee of the Board)”, and

(b) after paragraph (c) insert “;

(d) a committee constituted by or under this Measure which establishes a sub-committee may from time to time make, vary and revoke Standing Orders for regulating the procedure of the sub-committee and subject to any such Standing Orders the sub-committee may regulate its own procedure.”

(4) In section 10 of that Measure (finance), after subsection (6) insert—

“(7) The Commissioners may borrow money for purposes of or in connection with their functions, in so far as they do not have power to do so apart from this subsection.”

(5) In section 18 of that Measure (interpretation), after subsection (3) insert—

“(4) A reference in this Measure to a committee constituted by or under this Measure includes a reference to a sub-committee established by that committee (but is not to be read as enabling a sub-committee to establish a sub-committee of its own).”

(6) In sections 5(4)(a), 6(1), (3B) and (3C) and 7(2)(c) of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 4 to, that Measure, for “Audit Committee” in each place it appears substitute “Audit and Risk Committee”.

(7) In section 94(1) of the Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011 (use of diocesan pastoral account for expenses subject to certain exceptions including Commissioners’ staff salaries), omit “, or the Commissioners,”.

19 Pensions Board: appointments during vacancy in archbishopric

In Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Church of England Pensions Measure 2018 (Church of England Pensions Board: membership), in paragraph 1, after sub-paragraph (12) insert—

“(13) But where there is a vacancy in the see of one of the Archbishops, the functions of the Archbishops under this paragraph are exercisable by the other Archbishop.”

20 Meetings

(1) Schedule 2 (which makes provision about remote meetings) has effect.

(2) In Schedule 1 to the Dioceses, Pastoral and Mission Measure 2007 (the Dioceses Commission), after paragraph 17 insert—

“17A(1) If the Chair considers that the Commission has business which can properly be conducted by correspondence, the Chair may instruct the secretary to circulate to the members of the Commission written proposals requiring the approval of the Commission.

(2) Unless objection is received from a member of the Commission within 14 days of the date on which the proposals were posted or delivered, they are to be treated on the expiry of that period as approved by the Commission as if they had been approved at a duly convened meeting.

(3) The Commission may delegate to the Chair the approval of any matter which requires decision and which, because of its urgency, cannot be dealt with at a meeting of the Commission or in correspondence as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1).

(4) A delegation under sub-paragraph (3)—

(a) may be general or specific, and

(b) is subject to such conditions as the Commission may from time to time impose.”