Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Church of England’s pension scheme for those in the stipendiary ministry. Regulation 2 applies the deemed approval procedure, which already applies to the Regulations themselves, to the Rules made by the Church of England Pensions Board providing for lump sum payments. Regulation 3 extends the Board’s power to suspend or reduce a disability pension where the pensioner takes alternative employment, regulation 4 recognises the new retiring age of 65 years for women first beginning pensionable service on or after 1st January 1992, and regulation 5 abolishes the qualifying period of pensionable service in relation to the payment of pensions to widows, widowers and children.