Clergy Pensions Measure 1961

Financial Provisions E

17 Payments out of general fund of Commissioners. E

[F1 (1) Subject to section 7 of the Pensions Measure 1997 (which relates to the use of capital funds), all payments to be made by the Commissioners under subsection (2) below shall be made out of their general fund.

(2) The Commissioners shall pay to the Board such sums as are required by the Board for the payments to be made by them under the past service scheme.]

(3) The Commissioners shall have power to make from time to time to the Board grants out of their general fund [F2 or loans] of such amounts as they may think expedient [F2 and, in the case of any loan, on such terms as they think fit] for any purpose connected with the payment of pensions to [F3 retired scheme members or to the widows, widowers and dependants of deceased scheme members][F2 or with the powers of the Board under section 26 of this Measure].

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 17(1)(2) substituted (1.1.1998) by 1997 No. 1, s. 10(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 5; Instrument dated 28.11.1997 made by Archbishops of Canterbury and York

F2 Words inserted by Clergy Pensions (Amendment) Measure 1982 (No. 2, SIF 21:5), s. 1

F3 Words substituted by Church of England (Pensions) Measure 1988 (No. 4, SIF 21:5), ss. 10(3), 11(c)

18 Clergy (Widows and Dependants) Pensions Fund. E

(1) The Board shall continue to administer the Clergy (Widows and Dependants) Pensions Fund established under the M1 Clergy Pensions Measure 1954.

[F4 (2) The Board shall pay out of the said Fund all payments required to be made by them in respect of contributions or other sums received by them under section 11, 13, 14 or 15 of this Measure.]

(3) If at any time it appears to the Board, after the valuation provided for by subsection (4) of section thirty-four of this Measure, that the Clergy (Widows and Dependants) Pensions Fund is more than sufficient to discharge the liabilities imposed on them by [F5 in respect of contributions or other sums received by them under section 11, 13, 14 or 15 of this Measure], the Board may direct, . . . F6 , that the surplus or any part thereof be applied [F7 for the increase of pensions or capital sums payable in respect of those contributions or other sums].

Textual Amendments

F4 S. 18(2) substituted by Church of England (Pensions) Measure 1988 (No. 4, SIF 21:5), ss. 10(3), 18(1), Sch. 2 para. 7(a)

F5 Words substituted by Church of England (Pensions) Measure 1988 (No. 4, SIF 21:5), ss. 10(3), 18(1), Sch. 2 para. 7(b)

F6 Words repealed by Church of England (Legal Aid and Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1988 (No. 1, SIF 21:1), s. 12(a)

F7 Words substituted by Church of England (Pensions) Measure 1988 (No. 4, SIF 21:5), ss. 10(3), 18(1), Sch. 2 para. 7(b)

Marginal Citations

M1 1954 No. 4.

19 Clergy Pensions Augmentation Fund. E

The Board shall continue to administer the Clergy Pensions Augmentation Fund established under the M2 Clergy Pensions Measure 1948 and shall pay into that fund any testamentary or other gifts made to the Board:—

(a) for the relief of poverty in the case of any retired clerk; or

[F8 (b) for the provision of homes of residence for retired clerks and their spouses, and for the widows, widowers and dependants of deceased clerks, in accordance with the provisions of section twenty-six of this Measure;]

and, subject to any conditions imposed by the testators or other donors, the Board may at their discretion apply the fund or any part thereof for those purposes.

Textual Amendments

F8 S. 19(b) substituted by Deacons (Ordination of Women) Measure 1986 (No. 4, SIF 21:5), s. 3(3), Sch. para. 2

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 19 explained as to provision of houses of residence by Clergy Pensions (Amendment) Measure 1967 (No. 1), s. 4(2)

C2 Ss. 19, 20 amended by Clergy Pensions (Amendment) Measure 1982 (No. 2, SIF 21:5), s. 2(2)

Marginal Citations

M2 1948 No. 1.

20 Clergy (Widows and Dependants) Pensions Augmentation Fund. E

(1) The Board shall continue to administer the Clergy (Widows and Dependants) Pensions Augmentation Fund established under the M3 Clergy Pensions Measure 1948 and shall pay into that fund any testamentary or other gifts made to the Board:—

(a) for the relief of poverty in the case of any widow [F9 widower], child or dependant of a deceased clerk; or

(b) for the provision of homes of residence for the widows [F9 widowers] and dependants of deceased clerks in accordance with the provisions of section twenty-six of this Measure;

and, subject to any conditions imposed by the testators or other donors, the Board may at their discretion apply the fund or any part thereof for those purposes.

(2) The Board shall pay into a separate account of the said fund any sums received from a diocese for the relief of poverty in the case of any widow [F10 widower] or dependant of a deceased clerk, and the Board shall hold any such sums on behalf of the diocese by whom they were paid and shall add to those sums interest, at such rate as the Board may from time to time determine, on any amount held by the Board for that diocese under this subsection for a calendar year.

(3) The Board shall pay out of the said account any payments required to be made by them for the said purpose by a diocese, not exceeding in aggregate the total of the sums paid to them by that diocese together with any interest payable thereon under the last foregoing subsection.

Textual Amendments

F9 Word inserted by Church of England (Pensions) Measure 1988 (No. 4, SIF 21:5), ss. 10(3), 18(1), Sch. 2 para. 8(a)

F10 Word inserted by Church of England (Pensions) Measure 1988 (No. 4, SIF 21:5), ss. 10(3), 18(1), Sch. 2 para. 8(b)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3 S. 20 explained as to provision of homes of residence by Clergy Pensions (Amendment) Measure 1967 (No. 1), s. 4(2)

C4 Ss. 19, 20 amended by Clergy Pensions (Amendment) Measure 1982 (No. 2, SIF 21:5), s. 2(2)

Marginal Citations

M3 1948 No. 1.