Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006

The Diocesan Stipends Funds Measure 1953 (1 & 2 Eliz. 2 No. 2) shall be amended as follows.

In section 4(1)—

For section 5(3) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

“(3)

Before giving any directions under subsection (2) above with respect to the application of the said moneys in providing or augmenting the stipends or other emoluments of the persons mentioned in subsection (1) above, the bishop or the person so authorised shall have regard to any recommendations made by the Central Stipends Authority with respect to the forms and levels of the stipends and other emoluments of those persons.”.

Subject to subsections (3) and (4) below, Farnham Castle shall be held by the Commissioners as part of their corporate property and, accordingly, the provisions of the Farnham Castle Measure 1961 (9 & 10 Eliz. 2 No. 1) (“the 1961 Measure”) mentioned in subsection (2) below are hereby repealed.

The provisions of the 1961 Measure referred to in subsection (1) above are the words “, but subject to the succeeding section” in section 1(2), section 2 and the definition of “approved” in section 3.

Before exercising any power to sell or otherwise dispose of Farnham Castle or any part thereof or any interest in or over it the Commissioners shall consider what consequences would be likely to result from the exercise of that power and what restrictive or other conditions, if any, should be imposed upon the purchaser, lessee or grantee and, if they consider that Farnham Castle or any part thereof may be prejudicially affected by the exercise of that power, they shall consult English Heritage and such other person or body qualified to advise on the matter as they think fit.

The Commissioners may enforce any covenants imposed on the sale, exchange or gift of the whole or, in the case of a partial disposition, on the sale, exchange or gift of the last remaining part, of Farnham Castle as if the Commissioners were the owners of adjacent land and the covenants were expressed to be entered into for the benefit of that land and, in the case of covenants of a positive character, as if they were negative.

In this section—

• “the Commissioners” means the Church Commissioners;

• “English Heritage” means the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England, known as English Heritage; and

• “Farnham Castle” has the meaning assigned to it by the 1961 Measure.

for Article 4(2) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(2)

The Presidents shall, after consultation with the Appointments Committee of the Church of England, appoint from among the members of any House of the Synod a panel of such number of persons as the Presidents may determine, who shall be available to take the chair at meetings of the Synod, being persons who shall be chosen for their experience of chairing and ability to chair meetings; and it shall be the duty of one of the persons on the panel, in accordance with arrangements approved by the Presidents and subject to any special directions of the Presidents, to take the chair at meetings of the Synod at which neither of the Presidents take the chair.”; and

for Article 5(4) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(4)

Without prejudice to Article 11(1) below, where a vote is to be taken by a division either of the whole Synod or by Houses, Standing Orders may provide for the vote to be taken either by physical separation of the members voting or by other means including such electronic method of voting as may from time to time be determined by the Business Committee.”.

in subparagraph (1) the words “who is an actual communicant (as defined in Rule 54(1) of the Church Representation Rules)” shall be omitted and after the words “in the case of a lay person” there shall be inserted the words “ who is an actual communicant (as defined in Rule 54(1) of the Church Representation Rules) ”; and

in subparagraph (2) there shall be inserted before the word “member” the word “ lay ”.

This Measure may be cited as the Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006.

This Measure shall come into force on such day as the Archbishops of Canterbury and York may jointly appoint, and different days may be appointed for different provisions.

This Measure shall extend to the whole of the Provinces of Canterbury and York, except that the Measure, apart from section 13 above, shall only extend to the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands in accordance with the following provisions of this section.

Section 2 above, this section and Schedule 2 to this Measure shall extend to the Isle of Man and, if an Act of Tynwald or an instrument made under an Act of Tynwald so provides, sections 4, 7, 8, 12 and 15 above, and Schedules 4 and 6 to this Measure, shall extend to the Isle of Man subject to such exceptions, adaptations or modifications as may be specified in the Act of Tynwald or instrument.

This Measure, except sections 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 11, 13 and 14 above and Schedules 1, 2 and 5 to this Measure, may be applied to the Channel Islands as defined in the Channel Islands (Church Legislation) Measures 1931 and 1957, or either of them, in accordance with those Measures.

In Schedule 1—

Sub-paragraph (1)(b) above shall apply to the term of office of any Church Commissioner who holds office on the date of the coming into force of that sub-paragraph as if that term of office expired on the thirty first day of December immediately preceding the date on which it would otherwise expire.

in paragraph 2(2) for the words “Church Commissioners” there shall be substituted the words “ Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated ”, the words “(not being land in Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales or Monmouthshire)” shall be omitted, after the words “ecclesiastical benefice” there shall be inserted the words “ of the Church of England ” and after the word “diocese” there shall be inserted the words “ of the Church of England ”; and

in paragraph 16 for the words “Church Commissioners”, in both places where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “ Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated ”.

in subsections (2) and (5) for the words “Church Commissioners”, in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “ Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated ”;

in subsection (2) the words “, not being land in Scotland, Wales or Monmouthshire,” shall be omitted;

for subsection (6) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

“(6)

Where any ecclesiastical property is vested in the incumbent of a benefice which is vacant, it shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as being vested in the Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated.”; and

in section (7) after the words “ecclesiastical benefice” there shall be inserted the words “ of the Church of England ” and after the word “diocese” there shall be inserted the words “ of the Church of England ”.

for subsection (1) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

“(1)

Where ecclesiastical property in England is vested in the incumbent of a benefice which is vacant it shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as being vested in the Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated.”; and

in subsection (2) after the words “ecclesiastical benefice” there shall be inserted the words “ of the Church of England ” and after the word “diocese” there shall be inserted the words “ of the Church of England ”.

for the words “Church Commissioners”, in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “ Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated ”;

in subsection (2) for the words “Where the fee simple in any ecclesiastical property is in abeyance” there shall be substituted the words “ Where any ecclesiastical property is vested in the incumbent of a benefice which is vacant ”;

in subsections (3) and (5) for the word “them”, in each place where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “ it ”; and

in subsection (5) for the word “they” there shall be substituted the word “ it ”.

for the words “Church Commissioners”, in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “ Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated ”;

in subsection (2) for the words “Where the fee simple of any ecclesiastical property is in abeyance” there shall be substituted the words “ Where any ecclesiastical property is vested in the incumbent of a benefice which is vacant ”; and

in subsection (4) for the word “them”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “ it ” and for the words “in such manner as they may determine” there shall be substituted the words “ as if the land had been sold under the Pastoral Measure 1983 ”.

for the words “Church Commissioners”, in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “ Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated ”;

in subsections (2) and (3) for the word “them”, in each place where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “ it ” and in subsection (3) for the words “in such manner as they may determine” there shall be substituted the words “ as if the land had been sold under the Pastoral Measure 1983 ”; and

in subsection (4), for the words “Where the fee simple in any ecclesiastical property is in abeyance” there shall be substituted the words “ Where any ecclesiastical property is vested in the incumbent of a benefice which is vacant ”.

In section 11 for the words “Church Commissioners” there shall be substituted the words “ Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated ”.

In section 31 for the words from the words “in the case of land which is not diocesan glebe land” to the words “in either case” there shall be substituted the words “ shall be paid to the Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated and ” and the last sentence shall be omitted.

for the words from the beginning to the words “Church Commissioners” there shall be substituted the words “ In the case of diocesan glebe land the Diocesan Board of Finance in which the land is vested and, in the case of land which is part of the endowment of any other ecclesiastical corporation, the corporation, with the consent of the Church Commissioners, may ”; and

at the end there shall be added—

“Provided—

(a)

the consent of the Church Commissioners shall be required to any transaction under this paragraph relating to diocesan glebe land if such consent would be required under the Endowments and Glebe Measure 1976 (1976 No. 4), and

(b)

section 20(11) of that Measure shall apply to any transaction under this paragraph as it applies to any transaction under that Measure and as if the reference therein to the requirements of that Measure included a reference to the requirements of this paragraph.”.

in subsection (2) for the words from “and the Church Commissioners” to the end of the subsection there shall be substituted the words “ provided that the consent of the Church Commissioners shall only be required if their consent would be required if the transaction were carried out under the Endowments and Glebe Measure 1976 or the Cathedrals Measure 1999 ”; and

in subsection (4)(c) for the words “the Church Commissioners”, in both places where they occur, there shall be substituted the word “ board ” and for the word “their” there shall be substituted the word “ its ”.

for the words “Church Commissioners”, in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “ Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated ”;

for the word “them”, in each place where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “ it ” and for the word “their”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “ its ”;

in subsection (4) for the words “in such manner as they may determine” there shall be substituted the words “ as if the land had been sold under the Pastoral Measure 1983 ”; and

in subsection (5) for the words “Where the fee simple in any ecclesiastical property is in abeyance” there shall be substituted the words “ Where any ecclesiastical property is vested in the incumbent of a benefice which is vacant ”, for the words “are owners” there shall be substituted the words “ is the owner ” and for the word “are”, in the second place where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “ is ”.

in subsection (3)(a) for the words “incumbent of the ecclesiastical benefice to which the land belongs” there shall be substituted the words “ Diocesan Board of Finance in which the land is vested ” and after the words “Church Commissioners” there shall be added the words “ in a case where their consent would be required if the transaction were carried out under the Endowments and Glebe Measure 1976 ”; and

subsections (4) and (5) are hereby repealed.

In section 13(1) for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted the words “ to the Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated ” and the words “(in either case)” shall be omitted.

In section 13(2) the words from the words “or being diocesan glebe land” to the end shall be omitted.

for the words “Church Commissioners”, in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “ Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated ” and in subsection (4) for the word “them” there shall be substituted the word “ it ”; and

in subsection (2) for the words “Where the fee simple of any ecclesiastical property is in abeyance, the fee simple” there shall be substituted the words “ Where any ecclesiastical property is vested in the incumbent of a benefice which is vacant it ”.

In section 169—

In section 171, in the definition of “ecclesiastical property” after the words “ecclesiastical benefice” there shall be inserted the words “ of the Church of England ” and after the word “diocese” there shall be inserted the words “ of the Church of England ”.

For section 87(6) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

“(6)

Where land is—

(a)

glebe land, the Diocesan Board of Finance in which the land is vested, with the consent of the Church Commissioners (unless such consent would not be required under the Endowments and Glebe Measure 1976 if the transaction were carried out under that Measure),

(b)

land belonging to an ecclesiastical benefice of the Church of England, the incumbent of the benefice, with the consent of the Diocesan Board of Finance, or

(c)

part of the endowment of any other ecclesiastical corporation, the ecclesiastical corporation, with the consent of the Church Commissioners,

may enter into an agreement under this section relating to the land either for consideration or gratuitously and any payment made in respect of such agreement may be applied for purposes for which the proceeds of a sale by agreement of the property would be applicable under any enactment or Measure authorising such a sale or disposing of the proceeds of such a sale.”.

In paragraph 1(4) of Schedule 6 after the word “benefice” there shall be inserted the words “ of the Church of England ” and for the words “Church Commissioners” there shall be substituted the words “ Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated ”.

In section 76—

In section 80(1), in the definition of “ecclesiastical property” after the words “ecclesiastical benefice” there shall be inserted the words “ of the Church of England ” and after the word “diocese” there shall be inserted the words “ of the Church of England ”.

In section 12(3)—

In paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 1—

for the words “Church Commissioners”, in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “ appropriate authority ”; and

in subsection (3) there shall be added at the end the words “ and “appropriate authority” means, in the case of funds held in trust for a cathedral, the corporate body of that cathedral established under section 9(1)(a) of the Cathedrals Measure 1999 and in the case of funds held in trust for a benefice the Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which that benefice is situated ”.

in subsections (1), (2), (4) and (5) for the words “Church Commissioners”, in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “ Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated ”;

in subsection (2) for the words “Where the fee simple of any ecclesiastical property is in abeyance” there shall be substituted the words “ Where any ecclesiastical property is vested in the incumbent of a benefice which is vacant ” and in paragraphs (a) and (b) for the words “the fee simple”, in each place, there shall be substituted the word “ it ”;

in subsection (3) for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted the words “ shall be paid to the Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated ” and the words “(in either case)” shall be omitted;

in subsections (3), (4) and (5) for the word “them”, in each place where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “ it ”; and

in subsection (6) after the words “ecclesiastical benefice” there shall be inserted the words “ of the Church of England ”, after the word “diocese” there shall be inserted the words “ of the Church of England ” and the words from “or being diocesan glebe land” to the end shall be omitted.

in subsections (1) and (2) for the words “Church Commissioners”, in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “ Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated ”;

in subsection (2) for the words “Where the fee simple of any ecclesiastical property is in abeyance” there shall be substituted the words “ Where any ecclesiastical property is vested in the incumbent of a benefice which is vacant ” and in paragraphs (a) and (b) for the words “the fee simple”, in each place, there shall be substituted the word “ it ”;

in subsection (3) for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted the words “shall be paid to the Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated”, the words “(in either case)” shall be omitted and for the word “them” there shall be substituted the word “ it ”; and

in subsection (4) after the words “ecclesiastical benefice” there shall be inserted the words “ of the Church of England ”, after the word “diocese” there shall be inserted the words “ of the Church of England ” and the words from “or being diocesan glebe land” to the end shall be omitted.

in subsections (1) and (2) for the words “Church Commissioners” there shall be substituted the words “ Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated ”;

in subsection (2) for the words “Where the fee simple of any ecclesiastical property is in abeyance” there shall be substituted the words “ Where any ecclesiastical property is vested in the incumbent of a benefice which is vacant ” and for the words “the fee simple” there shall be substituted the word “ it ”;

in subsection (3) for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted the words “shall be paid to the Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated”, the words “(in either case)” shall be omitted and for the word “them” there shall be substituted the word “ it ”; and

in subsection (4) after the words “ecclesiastical benefice” there shall be inserted the words “ of the Church of England ”, after the word “diocese” there shall be inserted the words “ of the Church of England ” and the words from “or being diocesan glebe land” to the end shall be omitted.

In section 20—

In section 33(7) for the words “Church Commissioners” there shall be substituted the words “ Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated ”.

in subsections (1), (3), (4) and (7) for the words “Church Commissioners”, in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “ Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated ”;

in subsections (1) and (2) for the words “belongs to a benefice” there shall be substituted the words “ is vested in the incumbent of a benefice ”;

in subsection (4) for the word “them” there shall be substituted the word “ it ”;

in subsection (5) for the words “Church Commissioners” there shall be substituted the words “ Diocesan Board of Finance ”, for the word “them”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “ it ” and for the words “in such manner as they may determine” there shall be substituted the words “ as if the land had been sold under the Pastoral Measure 1983 ”;

in subsection (6)(a) for the words “the Church Commissioners are” there shall be substituted the words “ a Diocesan Board of Finance is ”; and

in subsection (6) for the word “Commissioners”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “ Board ”.

in sub-paragraph (2) after the word “required” there shall be inserted the words “ , if their consent would be required if the transaction were carried out under the Cathedrals Measure 1999 or the Endowments and Glebe Measure 1976, ” and the words from “and the Church Commissioners” to the end shall be omitted;

in sub-paragraph (4)(b) for the words “Church Commissioners” there shall be substituted the words “ Diocesan Board of Finance in which the land is vested ”; and

in sub-paragraph (4)(c) for the words from “Church Commissioners” to the end there shall be substituted the words “ Diocesan Board of Finance out of any money held by it ”.