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Appointment of statutory bodies for purposes relating to redundant churches
52. Application of remainder of proceeds of sales and other disposals
53. Orders of Commissioners determining or varying payments to Redundant Churches Fund.
54. Redundancy schemes in respect of churches closed or demolished otherwise than under this Measure.
55. Schemes under Charities Act 1960 for redundant chapels belonging to charities.
56. Churches not to be closed or disposed of otherwise than under this Measure.
Part IV Miscellaneous, Administrative and General
67. Suspension of presentation for period not exceeding five years.
68.During suspension period sequestration of profits, appointment of priest in charge and management of property
69. Restrictions on presentation pending the making of pastoral schemes and orders.
70. Modification of Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986 where presentation is suspended or restricted
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78. Payment of expenses from diocesan pastoral accounts, and application of other moneys therein.
80. Power of Commissioners to determine questions relating to patronage.
80A.Power of Commissioners to seek information and give advice
81. Application to benefices in the patronage of the Crown or Duke of Cornwall.
84. Provisions where there is no parochial church council, incumbent, etc.
SCHEDULES
Constitution and procedure of the pastoral committee of a diocese
3.Every suffragan bishop in the diocese (not being a suffragan...
4.The diocesan board of finance, the diocesan parsonages board (if...
5.The remaining members of the committee shall be appointed or...
6.Members (other than ex officio members) of the committee shall...
7.Not less than one-third of the members of the committee...
8.The committee may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their membership....
9.Every question submitted to a meeting of the committee shall...
10.The committee shall have power to appoint sub-committees and to...
11.Where in accordance with section 3(5) or (6) any person...
12.Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Schedule and to...
Appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
2.Where five or more persons acting jointly duly made written...
3.If the Registrar of the Privy Council is satisfied that...
5.The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council shall consider an...
6.After receiving notice that leave to appeal has been granted...
7.The Commissioners shall without delay after receiving the said copy...
10.A map showing clearly the boundaries of any ecclesiastical area...
11.Where an appellant, having been granted leave to appeal under...
13.The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council may give such...
Supplementary Provisions Applicable to Matters Arising out of Pastoral Schemes and Orders
1.The incumbent of a benefice dissolved by a pastoral scheme...
3.Where the incumbent of a benefice, being a benefice for...
5.Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions, the...
6.The right to and the amount of compensation payable under...
7.(1) The compensation shall consist of periodical payments or a...
8.In determining whether any claimant has suffered loss giving a...
9.If any person who is receiving compensation under this Schedule...
10.Any person who has been refused compensation under this Schedule...
13.(1) Subject as hereinafter provided, where any benefice, archdeaconry or...
14.(1) The functions of the pastoral committee under this Schedule...
16.(1) The Rule Committee established by section 25 of the...
18.Payments of compensation under this Schedule shall be made by...
Statutory Bodies Appointed for Purposes of Part III of Measure
Diocesan redundant churches uses committees
5.The diocesan redundant churches uses committee of a diocese shall...
6.The chairman and other members of the committee shall hold...
7.The bishop may appoint, or the committee may co-opt, other...
10.The secretary of the committee shall be appointed by the...
11.The committee may act notwithstanding any vacancy among its members....
2.Any notice required to be published and served as aforesaid...
3.(1) The personal representatives or relatives of any deceased person...
4.Any human remains interred in the building or land which...
5.Any tombstone, monument or other memorial commemorating any deceased person...
6.Any tombstone, monument or other memorial not disposed of in...
7.The removal of all human remains shall be effected, and...
8.Upon any removal of remains a certificate of removal and...
9.Any tombstone, monument or other memorial not disposed of in...
10.Where any tombstone, monument or other memorial is removed from...
11.The requirements of this Schedule shall be in addition to...
12.In this Schedule “commonwealth war burial” means a burial of...
Sequestration of Benefice Property during Suspension Period
1.During any suspension period the sequestrators in addition to exercising...
2.(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Act...
3.Moneys received by the diocesan board of finance from the...
4.Where a suspension period immediately follows a period during which...
5.The sequestrators shall annually at such date as the bishop...
6.Where, on the termination of a suspension period in respect...
1.(a) Any pastoral scheme, pastoral order or redundancy scheme which...
2.If before the commencement of this Measure any notice has...
3.Where immediately before the commencement of this Measure any person...
4.Section 15 of the Reorganisation Areas Measure 1944 shall continue...
6.Where a building has been declared redundant before the commencement...
7.In any case where, before the commencement of this Measure—...
8.The requirements of paragraph 5 of Schedule 1, that not...
9.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) the powers conferred by section...
11.For the purposes of this Schedule, (a) a pastoral scheme...
12.Any right of patronage created under any of the provisions...
13.In this Schedule references to the Pastoral Measure 1968 are...
14.Nothing in this Schedule shall be taken as prejudicing the...
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