Diocesan Education Committees Measure, 1955
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | measure 1955 No. 1 |
| Year | 1955 |
Diocesan Education Committees Measure, 1955
(4 & 5 Eliz. 2)
A MEASURE passed by the National Assembly of the Church of England.
To consolidate with amendments certain provisions of the Diocesan Education Committees Measure, 1943, and the Diocesan Education Committees Measure, 1943 (Amendment) Measure, 1951; to provide for the validation and continuance of orders made under the provisions of those Measures and for purposes connected therewith.
1 Establishment and constitution of Diocesan Education Committees.
(1) For every diocese within the provinces of Canterbury and York except the diocese of Sodor and Man there shall be a diocesan education committee (whether corporate or unincorporate) responsible to the diocesan conference and having such rights, powers, duties and obligations as are vested in the committee by this Measure.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Measure, a diocesan education committee shall be constituted either in accordance with the Schedule to this Measure or in accordance with an order made by the Minister upon and in accordance with a request in that behalf made on resolution of the diocesan conference and with the consent of the bishop.
A diocesan education committee constituted in accordance with the Schedule to this Measure shall be known as the diocesan education committee with the addition of the name of the diocese and a diocesan education committee constituted in accordance with an order made by the Minister shall be known by the name designated in the order.
(3) The Minister upon and in accordance with a request in that behalf made on resolution of the diocesan conference and with the consent of the bishop may by order amend, vary or revoke any order made under the provisions of this section.
(4) Where a diocesan education committee is constituted in accordance with the Schedule to this Measure, the Minister upon a request in that behalf made on resolution of the diocesan conference and with the consent of the bishop may by order direct that the provisions of the said Schedule shall cease to apply to that committee.
2 Rights powers duties and obligations of committees.
(1) The diocesan education committee for each diocese shall have the right, power, duty and obligation from time to time:—
(i) to take such steps as may appear to the committee to be conducive to the promotion of religious education according to the faith and practice of the Church of England and to watch the interests of church schools;
(ii) to take such action as may appear desirable to secure the provision of new schools;
(iii) to promote, and co-operate with other religious bodies and with local education authorities in promoting, religious education within the diocese;
(iv) to give advice as and when the committee thinks fit to trustees or owners, and managers or governors, of church schools and others concerned as to any matters affecting church schools within the diocese and also to the governing bodies of church educational endowments as to any matters affecting church educational endowments within the diocese;
(v) to make plans calculated in the opinion of the committee to further the development and organisation of religious education in the diocese and, in particular, of instruction in religious knowledge according to the faith and practice of the Church of England after consultation with such trustees or owners, and managers or governors, of church schools, within the diocese and with such other persons as in the opinion of the committee are interested or as may be in any way affected thereby.
(2) The trustees or owners and managers or governors of every church school in a diocese shall be bound to consult the diocesan education committee for the diocese and to have regard to its representations in any negotiations for, and before making, any agreement or arrangement with the Minister, the Charity Commissioners or the local education authority for or with respect to the restoration, rearrangement, continuance, discontinuance, closing, sale or lease of, or other dealing with such church school, or for or with respect to the amalgamation thereof with...
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