Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1978

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
  • In Article 8 of the Constitution of the General Synod of the Church of England set out in Schedule 2 to the
  • A motion for final approval of a Measure providing for permanent changes in any such Service or in the Ordinal shall not be deemed to be carried unless it receives the assent of a majority in each House of the General Synod of not less than two-thirds of those present and voting.(1) Section 1(1) of the by a pastoral scheme or order a person is designated as the holder of an office listed in the Schedule to the said Measure, andthat person was at the commencement thereof, and continued until the coming into operation of the scheme or order to be, the incumbent of a benefice affected by the scheme or order,(3) Where by virtue of subsection (2) above a person is deemed to have been at the said commencement the holder of the office of rector or vicar in a team ministry established by a pastoral scheme and the office is to be held for a term of years specified by or under the scheme, the term of years for which that person is entitled by virtue of the scheme to hold the office may, notwithstanding anything in the said Measure, be extended in accordance with section 19(5) of the (4) The provisions of this section shall apply in relation to a pastoral scheme or order which came into operation before, or comes into operation after, the commencement of this Measure, and in this section “pastoral scheme” and “pastoral order” have the same meanings respectively as in the Pastoral Measure 1968.(1) As from such year as the Board of Governors of the Church Commissioners may determine the financial year of the Church Commissioners shall commence on 1st January instead of 1st April and, accordingly, on and after the making of a determination under this subsection, section 10(1) of the Church Commissioners Measure 1947 shall have effect as if for the word “April” there were substituted the word “January”.(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(1) In that part of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the (2) In paragraph 2 of the said Schedule 1 for the words from the beginning to “determine”, where first occuring, there shall be substituted the following words:—“ Commissioners appointed by the General Synod (who need not be members thereof) shall be appointed for five years at such time and in such manner as the Synod may from time to time determine, but if the Synod alters the time at which they are to be appointed the period of office of the Commissioners so appointed who are then in office shall be extended or reduced accordingly, as the circumstances require ”.(3) In the said Schedule 1, the following paragrah shall be inserted after paragraph 5:—
    • (5A)
    • (1) Without prejudice to the paragraph 5 above, if an appointed Commissioner, being a...
    Without prejudice to the paragraph 5 above, if an appointed Commissioner, being a

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