PART 2

The funded scheme

The responsible body
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1
The references in section 9 to the body responsible for a member of the funded scheme are to be interpreted in accordance with this section.
2
In the case of each of the following, the Church Commissioners are the responsible body—
a
a diocesan bishop or suffragan bishop;
b
a dean or residentiary canon in receipt of a stipend or other emoluments under section 21 of the Cathedrals Measure 1999;
c
a member of the funded scheme who is in receipt of periodical payments under section 1(1)(b) of the Ordination of Women (Financial Provisions) Measure 1993;
d
a clerk employed by the Church Pastoral Aid Society;
e
a clerk employed by any World Mission Agency of the Church of England which was, as at 21 March 1997, an associate or full member of the Partnership for World Mission.
3
In the case of a member of the funded scheme who is in receipt of a relevant payment made in respect of an office held in a diocese, the Diocesan Board of Finance is the responsible body; and “relevant payment” means—
a
a stipend from the diocesan stipends fund income account,
b
a periodical payment under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Incumbents (Vacation of Benefices) Measure 1977, or
c
compensation under Schedule 4 to the Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011.
4
In the case of a member of the funded scheme who is in receipt of a stipend paid wholly from revenues of a cathedral, the Chapter of the cathedral is the responsible body.
5
In the case of a member of the funded scheme who is employed in pensionable service otherwise than as mentioned in subsection (2)(d) or (e), the member’s employer is the responsible body.
6
In the case of a member of the funded scheme who is in receipt of a stipend paid from a diocesan stipends account kept by the Sodor and Man Diocesan Board of Finance, that Board is the responsible body.
7
In the case of any other member of the funded scheme who is performing pensionable service, the body primarily concerned in promoting his or her membership is the responsible body.