(1)This Measure may be cited as the Abuse Redress Measure 2025.
(2)This section and section 29 (power to make rules) come into force on the day on which this Measure is passed.
(3)The other provisions of this Measure 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 (subject to subsection (6)), and
(b)the whole of the province of York, except the Isle of Man (subject to subsection (7)).
(6)This Measure may be applied to the Channel Islands or either of them, with or without modifications, under any procedure for doing so which has effect in the Islands or (as the case may be) the Island in question; and for that purpose, a reference to the Channel Islands or either of them has the same meaning as a reference to the Bailiwicks or either of them has in the Channel Islands Measure 2020.
(7)If an Act of Tynwald or an instrument made under an Act of Tynwald so provides, this Measure extends to the Isle of Man subject to such exceptions, adaptations or modifications as are specified in the Act or instrument.
(8)This Measure applies to the diocese in Europe as if it were a diocese in the province of Canterbury; and, in the application of this Measure to the diocese in Europe, any function imposed is exercisable only in so far as would be consistent with the applicable domestic law.
Commencement Information
I1S. 33 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 33(2)