Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2014

7 E Schedule 2 to the Incumbents (Vacation of Benefices) Measure 1977 is amended as follows—

(a) in paragraph 2(1)(a)(i), after the words “ecclesiastical service” there are inserted the words “ , in respect of service served up to 31st December 1997 and in pensionable service within the meaning of rules made under section 2 of the Pensions Measure 1997 (“the Funded Scheme rules”), in respect of service served after that date ”;

(b) in paragraph 2(2)(b), after the words “pension regulations” there are inserted the words “ or the Funded Scheme rules ”;

(c) in paragraph 2(2)(c), for the words from “whole-time” to “pensions regulations)” there are substituted the words “ service which is pensionable service within the meaning of the Funded Scheme rules ”;

(d) for paragraph 2(4) there is substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(4) The period during which a person is in receipt of periodical payments under paragraph 2 shall be deemed to be a period of pensionable service for the purposes of the Funded Scheme rules, but shall not constitute “service” for any other purpose of those rules”;

(e) in paragraph 7 there are added the words “ and, in the case of a person who is in receipt of periodical payments under paragraph 2, the diocesan board of finance is “the responsible body” for the purposes of section 4 of the Pensions Measure 1997 ”; and

(f) in paragraph 8—

(i) in sub-paragraph (1), after the definition of “pensions regulations” there are inserted, at the appropriate place, the following definitions—

• “the Funded Scheme Rules” means the rules made under section 2 of the Pensions Measure 1997,

• “stipendiary ecclesiastical service” has the same meaning as in the pensions regulations, and

• “retiring age” has the same meaning as in the Funded Scheme rules; and

(ii) sub-paragraph (2) is omitted.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 para. 7 in force at 1.1.2015 by S.I. 2014/2077, art. 2(2)