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1Pre-consolidation amendments

The Schedule (which contains pre-consolidation amendments of provisions relating to Church of England pensions) has effect.

2Short title, commencement, extent and application

(1)This Measure may be cited as the Pensions (Pre-consolidation) Measure 2018.

(2)This section comes into force on the day on which this Measure is passed.

(3)Section 1 and the Schedule come into force on such day as the Archbishops of Canterbury and York may by order jointly appoint; and different days may be appointed for different purposes.

(4)The power to make an order under subsection (3) is exercisable by statutory instrument; and the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 applies as if the order had been made by a Minister of the Crown and as if this Measure were an Act of Parliament.

(5)This Measure extends to—

(a)the whole of the province of Canterbury, except the Channel Islands (but see subsection (6)), and

(b)the whole of the province of York, including the Isle of Man.

(6)This Measure may be applied to the Channel Islands, or either of them, in accordance with the Channel Islands (Church Legislation) Measures 1931 and 1957; and a reference in this section to the Channel Islands or either of them has the same meaning as a reference in those Measures to the Islands or either of them.

(7)This Measure applies to the diocese in Europe as if it were a diocese in the province of Canterbury.