# Church of England (Pensions) Measure 1988 1988 ukcm 4 · enacted 27 October 1988 · revised to 1 March 2019 A Measure passed by the General Synod of the Church of England to amend the Clergy Pensions Measures 1961 to 1982, and for connected purposes. PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/church-of-england-pensions-measure-1988/pdf/ukcm_19880004_en.pdf ## Introductory text A Measure passed by the General Synod of the Church of England to amend the Clergy Pensions Measures 1961 to 1982, and for connected purposes. [27th October 1988] ## 1–4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Extension of powers to make lump sum payments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Termination of contributory pension scheme for widows and children under s. 11 of 1961 Measure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Termination of payment of contributions begun under Part II of Clergy Pensions Measure 1948. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Termination of liability for contributions under agreements made under s. 15 of 1961 Measure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Provisions supplementary to ss. 7 to 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Payments out of Commissioners’ general fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Extension of powers of Board relating to residences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Membership of pensions schemes for church workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Investment powers of Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Extension of powers of General Synod to make further provision by regulations for clergy pensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Amendments and repeals. (1) The enactments specified in Schedule 2 to this Measure shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in that Schedule, being minor amendments or amendments consequential on the preceding provisions of this Measure. (2) The enactments specified in Schedule 3 to this Measure are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule. ## 19 Citation, commencement and interpretation. (1) This Measure may be cited as the Church of England (Pensions) Measure 1988, and this Measure may be cited with the Clergy Pensions Measures 1961 to 1982 and the Deaconesses and Lay Workers (Pensions) Measure 1980 as the Church of England (Pensions) Measures 1961 to 1988. (2) This Measure shall come into force on such date as the Archbishops of Canterbury and York may jointly appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions. (3) In this Measure “the 1961 Measure” means the Clergy Pensions Measure 1961. (4) This Measure shall be construed as one with the 1961 Measure. ## Schedule 1 . . . ## Schedule 2: MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS ### Part I: Amendments to Clergy Pensions Measure 1961 ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18, 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: Amendments of other Measures ## 21 . . . ### Incumbents (Vacation of Benefices) Measure 1977 ## 22 In section 14(1) of the Incumbents (Vacation of Benefices) Measure 1977 for the words “Clergy Pensions Measures 1961 to 1972” there shall be substituted the words “Church of England (Pensions) Measures 1961 to 1988.” ### Deaconesses and Lay Workers (Pensions) Measure 1980 ## 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Diocese in Europe Measure 1980 ## 24 In section 5 of the Diocese in Europe Measure 1980— (a) in subsection (1) for the words “Clergy Pensions Measures 1961 to 1972” there shall be substituted the words “Church of England (Pensions) Measures 1961 to 1988”, in paragraph (a) the words from “and accordingly” to the end of the paragraph shall be omitted and in paragraph (b) for the words “said Measure of 1961” there shall be substituted the words “Clergy Pensions Measure 1961”; (b) subsection (2) shall be omitted. ### Part III: Amendments of instruments ## 25–33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 . . . ## Schedule 3: Enactments Repealed ## Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/1988/4 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/church-of-england-pensions-measure-1988 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.