# Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2014, Paragraph 7


Schedule 2 to the Incumbents (Vacation of Benefices) Measure 1977 is amended as follows—
(a) in paragraph 2(1)(a)(i), after the words “ecclesiastical service” there are inserted the words “ , in respect of service served up to 31st December 1997 and in pensionable service within the meaning of rules made under section 2 of the Pensions Measure 1997 (“the Funded Scheme rules”), in respect of service served after that date ”;
(b) in paragraph 2(2)(b), after the words “pension regulations” there are inserted the words “ or the Funded Scheme rules ”;
(c) in paragraph 2(2)(c), for the words from “whole-time” to “pensions regulations)” there are substituted the words “ service which is pensionable service within the meaning of the Funded Scheme rules ”;
(d) for paragraph 2(4) there is substituted the following sub-paragraph—
“(4) The period during which a person is in receipt of periodical payments under paragraph 2 shall be deemed to be a period of pensionable service for the purposes of the Funded Scheme rules, but shall not constitute “service” for any other purpose of those rules”;
(e) in paragraph 7 there are added the words “ and, in the case of a person who is in receipt of periodical payments under paragraph 2, the diocesan board of finance is “the responsible body” for the purposes of section 4 of the Pensions Measure 1997 ”; and
(f) in paragraph 8—
(i) in sub-paragraph (1), after the definition of “pensions regulations” there are inserted, at the appropriate place, the following definitions—
“the Funded Scheme Rules” means the rules made under section 2 of the Pensions Measure 1997,
“stipendiary ecclesiastical service” has the same meaning as in the pensions regulations, and
“retiring age” has the same meaning as in the Funded Scheme rules; and
(ii) sub-paragraph (2) is omitted.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/2014/1/schedule/2/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/church-of-england-miscellaneous-provisions-measure-2014/schedule-2/paragraph-7
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