PART 3The past service scheme
General
32Payments for deaconesses and licensed lay workers
1
The Church Commissioners may make payments out of their general fund to the Board for the purpose of providing or augmenting—
a
pensions for deaconesses and licensed lay workers, for their surviving spouses or civil partners and for their children and dependants under the past service scheme or in respect of service which ended before 1 December 1988;
b
lump sums paid or payable under the past service scheme to deaconesses and licensed lay workers on retirement.
2
The power to make a payment under this section is in addition to the duty to meet the liabilities under section 31.
3
A payment under this section may be made on whatever terms and conditions the Commissioners and the Board agree.
4
The Board must apply the payments it receives under this section in such manner as it thinks fit for the purpose in question; but, before doing so, it must consult the Commissioners.
5
The ways in which the Board may carry out its function under subsection (4) include applying all or part of a payment to the workers’ fund or any other fund established for the purpose in question.