S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S
2015No. 593
ECCLESIASTICAL LAW, ENGLAND
The Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction (Amendment) Measure 2015 (Commencement, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2015
9thMarch2015
The Archbishops of Canterbury and York, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 11(2) and (3) of the Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction (Amendment) Measure 2015( 1), make the following Order:
Citation and interpretation
1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction (Amendment) Measure 2015 (Commencement, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2015.
(2) In this Order-
"the commencement date" means the date appointed by article 2;
"the Measure" means the Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction (Amendment) Measure 2015;
"the 1963 Measure" means the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963( 2); and
"the 1991 Measure" means the Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1991( 3).
Commencement
2. All the provisions of the Measure which are not already in force come into force on 1st April 2015.
Transitional and saving provisions
3. The Schedule contains transitional and saving provisions which apply in relation to provisions of the Measure that are commenced by this Order.
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+ Justin Cantuar:
Archbishop of Canterbury
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9th March 2015 |
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+ Sentamu Eboracensis
Archbishop of York
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9th March 2015 |
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SCHEDULE
Article 3
Transitional and saving provisions
Chancellor's guidance as to the planting etc. of trees in churchyards
1. The chancellor of a diocese must continue on and after the commencement date to give guidance under section 6(3) of the 1991 Measure as originally enacted until the Church Buildings Council gives guidance under that subsection as amended by section 1 of the Measure.
Chancellor's guidance on matters which may be undertaken without a faculty
2. The chancellor of a diocese must continue on and after the commencement date to give guidance under section 11(8) of the 1991 Measure as if that subsection had not been omitted until rules made by virtue of section 18B of the 1991 Measure (as inserted by section 5(1) of the Measure) come into force.
Membership of Rule Committee
3. A person who immediately before the commencement date was a member of the Rule Committee by virtue of having been nominated by the Church Buildings Council under section 25(1)(f) of the 1991 Measure is to be treated as being one of the three persons nominated...
