Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2014
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
(1) In section 67 of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act 1840 (which provides for the application of the revenues of the Church Commissioners) , the Proviso is repealed.(2) Section 12 of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act 1860 and, in section 14, the words “the proviso at the end of the said section, or” are repealed.For section 25 of the Burial Act 1857 there is substituted the following section— It is an offence for a body or any human remains which have been interred in a place of burial to be removed unless one of the conditions listed in subsection (2) is complied with.the body or remains is or are removed in accordance with a faculty granted by the court;the body or remains is or are removed in accordance with the approval of a proposal under the Care of Cathedrals Measure 2011 (No. 1) by the Cathedrals Fabric Commission for England or a fabric advisory committee;unless the body or remains is or are interred in land which is subject to the jurisdiction of the court or its or their removal requires or require the approval of a proposal under the Care of Cathedrals Measure 2011, the body or remains is or are removed under a licence from the Secretary of State and in accordance with any conditions attached to the licence.A person who removes a body or remains in contravention of subsections (1) and (2) is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.In subsection (2) (a) and (c) “court” means the consistory court of the diocese or, in the diocese of Canterbury, the commissary court of that diocese or any other court or body referred to in section 1(2) or (3) of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963 having jurisdiction to determine the matter.For section 5 of the Episcopal Endowments and Stipends Measure 1943 (6 & 7 pay the whole, or any part, of the stipend of any suffragan bishop or any chaplain to the bishop, andprovide such amount, by way of annual sum or otherwise, in respect of the expenses of the bishop or any suffragan bishop in connection with the performance of the duties of their offices as the Commissioners think fit.(1) After section 6 of the Church Commissioners Measure 1947 (10 and 11 Geo. 6 No. 2) , there is inserted the following section—
- “(1) It is an offence for a body or any human remains which have been interred in a place of burial to be removed unless one of the conditions listed in subsection (2) is complied with.
- (2) The conditions referred to in subsection (1) are—
- (a) the body or remains is or are removed in accordance with a faculty granted by the court;
- (b) the body or remains is or are removed in accordance with the approval of a proposal under the Care of Cathedrals Measure 2011 (No. 1) by the Cathedrals Fabric Commission for England or a fabric advisory committee;
- (c) unless the body or remains is or are interred in land which is subject to the jurisdiction of the court or its or their removal requires or require the approval of a proposal under the Care of Cathedrals Measure 2011, the body or remains is or are removed under a licence from the Secretary of State and in accordance with any conditions attached to the licence.
- “(1) The Commissioners may exercise their powers to make investments by entering into derivative contracts, derivative financial instruments and equity instruments and the function of the Assets Committee, under section 6(3) (a) above, to make, realise and change investments includes power to enter into any of those contracts or instruments.
- (2) In subsection (1) above, “derivative contracts” means options, futures or contracts for differences, within the meaning which those expressions have for the purposes of the Corporation Tax Act 2009, and “derivative financial instruments” and “equity instruments” have the same meanings as in that Act.
- (3) The Commissioners may, by regulations, amend subsection (1) above by adding other financial instruments to those listed in that subsection.
- (4) A draft of any regulations proposed to be made shall be laid before the General Synod and, if they are approved by the General Synod with or without amendment, the draft regulations so approved shall be referred to the Commissioners.
- (5) Where draft regulations are referred to the Commissioners under subsection (4) above—
- (a) if they have been approved by the General Synod without any amendment, the Commissioners shall, by applying their seal, make the regulations;
- (b) if they have been approved by the General Synod with amendments, the Commissioners may either—
- (i) by applying their seal make the regulations as amended, or
- (ii) withdraw the draft regulations for further consideration in view of any amendment by the General Synod,
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