Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2000

Part II E Other provisions

12 Provisions relating to rural deans. E

(1) Where a rural deanery is vacant or a rural dean is unable by reason of illness or absence to carry out any or all of his functions, the bishop of the diocese in which the rural deanery is may appoint by an instrument under his hand another person to perform any or all of the rural dean’s functions for a period specified in the instrument.

(2) A power of appointment under this section may be exercised by the appointment of two or more persons and by the division among them, whether territorially or otherwise, of the function or functions to be performed.

(3) A statement in a document issued in the performance of any such function that the person by whom the document is signed or executed has been duly appointed under this section to perform that function shall be conclusive evidence of that fact.

(4) The bishop of a diocese may by order declare that the office of rural dean shall, in any deanery in that diocese, be called the office of area dean; and, accordingly, in any enactment (including this section), Canon or other instrument references to a rural dean shall be construed as including references to an area dean.

F1 13 Amendment of Consecration of Churchyards Act 1867. E

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Textual Amendments

F1 S. 13 repealed (1.9.2018) by Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018 (No. 3), s. 99(2), Sch. 5 (with Sch. 4 Pt. 1); S.I. 2018/720, art. 2

14 Amendment of Church Funds Investment Measure 1958. E

(1) In the M1 Church Funds Investment Measure 1958 the Scheme contained in the Schedule shall be amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 1 after the definition of “Contributing Fund” there shall be inserted the following definition—

““Deposit Fund Reserve” has the meaning ascribed thereto in paragraph 22A hereof;”.

(3) In paragraph 20(2) at the end there shall be inserted the words “Provided that the Central Board shall not be liable to make good any loss incurred in the course of administering the Fund in a reasonable manner in the event that depositors cannot be repaid in full”.

(4) In paragraph 21(1) the words from “(c)” to “trust funds;” shall be omitted.

(5) After paragraph 22 there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“22A (1) For any Deposit Fund the Central Board may keep a separate account (referred to herein as a Deposit Fund Reserve) containing such moneys as the Board may allocate thereto out of the income of the investment of the Fund, for the purpose of preventing or reducing potential losses in the Fund or of augmenting the rate of interest paid to depositors.

(2) Until the expiry of the period of five years following the coming into force of section 14(5) of the Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2000 or of such further period or periods following that period of five years as the General Synod may by resolution direct, paragraph 21 of this Scheme shall apply in relation to Deposit Fund Reserves in like manner as it applies to Deposit Funds, with the insertion at the end of sub-paragraph (1) of the words “(g) Upon loan to the Archbishops’ Council.”.”

Marginal Citations

M1 1958 No. 1.

F2 15 Amendment of Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963. E

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Textual Amendments

F2 S. 15 repealed (1.9.2018) by Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018 (No. 3), s. 99(2), Sch. 5 (with Sch. 4 Pt. 1); S.I. 2018/720, art. 2

F3 16 Amendment of Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 1986. E

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Textual Amendments

F3 S. 16 repealed (1.9.2018) by Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018 (No. 3), s. 99(2), Sch. 5 (with Sch. 4 Pt. 1); S.I. 2018/720, art. 2

17 Amendment of Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986. E

In section 3 of the M2 Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986—

(a) in subsection (8) at the end there shall be inserted the words “unless the benefice is one to which a suspension period (within the meaning of section 67 of the Pastoral Measure 1983) applies and a person holds office as priest in charge for the benefice”;

(b) in subsection (9) after the word “but” there shall be inserted the words “ except in subsection (6) ”.

Marginal Citations

M2 1986 No. 3.

F4 18 Amendment of Church of England (Legal Aid and Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1988. E

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Textual Amendments

F4 S. 18 repealed (1.9.2008) by Dioceses, Pastoral and Mission Measure 2007 (No. 1), s. 66(2), Sch. 7; 2008 No. 1, Instrument made by Archbishops