Churchwardens Measure 2001
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | measure 2001 No. 1 |
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Measure there shall be two churchwardens of every parish.Where by virtue of a designation made by a pastoral scheme or otherwise a parish has more than one parish church, two churchwardens shall be appointed for each of the parish churches, and this Measure shall apply separately to each pair of churchwardens, but all the churchwardens shall be churchwardens of the whole parish except so far as they may arrange to perform separate duties in relation to the several parish churches.A church building or part of a building designated as a parish centre of worship under section 29(2) of the Pastoral Measure 1983 (1983 No. 1) shall, subject to subsection (4) of that section, be deemed while the designation is in force to be a parish church for the purposes of this subsection.whose names are on the church electoral roll of the parish;who are actual communicants;who are twenty–one years of age or upwards; andwho are not disqualified under section 2 or 3 below.(4) If it appears to the bishop, in the case of any particular person who is not qualified by virtue of paragraph (a) , (b) or (c) of subsection (3) above, that there are exceptional circumstances which justify a departure from the requirements of those paragraphs the bishop may permit that person to hold the office of churchwarden notwithstanding that those requirements are not met. Any such permission shall apply only to the period of office next following the date on which the permission is given.has signified consent to serve as such; andhas not signified consent to serve as such for the same period of office in any other parish (not being a related parish) or, if such consent has been signified and the meeting of the parishioners to elect churchwardens of that other parish has been held, was not chosen as churchwarden of that other parish.In this subsection “related parish” means a parish—belonging to the benefice to which the first-mentioned parish belongs; orbelonging to a benefice held in plurality with the benefice to which the first-mentioned parish belongs; orhaving the same minister as the first-mentioned parish.(6) In relation to the filling of a casual vacancy among the churchwardens the reference in subsection (5) (b) above to the same period of office shall be construed as a reference to a period of office which includes the period for which the casual vacancy is to be filled.he is disqualified from being a charity trustee under section 72(1) of the Charities Act 1993 (c. 10) and the disqualification is not for the time being subject to a general waiver by the F1Charity CommissionF2 under section 178 of the Charities Act 2011 and the disqualification is not for the time being subject to a general waiver by the Charity Commission under section 181 of that Act or to a waiver by it under that section in respect of all ecclesiastical charities established for purposes relating to the parish concerned F17, or the person is disqualified from being a charity trustee by an order under section 181A of that Act.(1A) A person shall be disqualified from being chosen for the office of churchwarden if the person is included in a barred list (within the meaning of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) .A person shall be disqualified from being chosen for the office of churchwarden if he has been convicted of any offence mentioned in Schedule 1 to the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (c. 12) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(3) A person shall be disqualified from being chosen for the office of churchwarden if he is disqualified from holding that office under section 10(6) of the Incumbents (Vacation of Benefices) Measure 1977 (No. 1) .(3A) A person's disqualification under subsection (2) (a) may be waived by the bishop serving written notice on the person; and the notice must specify the bishop's reasons for giving the waiver.is of unlimited duration, andhas effect in every diocese.the diocesan safeguarding advisor, andsuch other persons as the bishop considers appropriate.(3D) On serving a notice under subsection (3A) , the bishop shall give a copy of the notice to the registrar of the diocese; and the registrar shall file the copy in the diocesan registry.(4) All rules of law whereby certain persons are disqualified from being chosen for the office of churchwarden shall cease to have effect.Without prejudice to section 2 above, a person shall be disqualified from being chosen for the office of churchwarden when that person has served as a churchwarden of the same parish for six successive periods of office until the annual meeting of the parishioners to elect churchwardens in the next year but one following the date on which that person vacated office at the end of the last such period: (1) The churchwardens of a parish shall be chosen annually not later than the F1931st May in each year.(2) Subject to the provisions of this Measure the churchwardens of a parish shall be elected by a meeting of the parishioners.(3) Candidates for election at the meeting must be nominated and seconded in writing by persons entitled to attend the meeting and each nomination paper must include a statement, signed by the person nominated, to the effect that that person is willing to serve as a churchwarden and is not disqualified under section 2(1) , F8(1A) , (2) or (3) above.the nomination paper is received by the minister of the parish before the commencement of the meeting; andin the case of a
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