In this Measure the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them:—

• “the appointed day” means the first day of April next following the passing of this Measure.

• “the Measure of 1944” means the Reorganisation Areas Measure 1944.

• “the Measure of 1949” means the Pastoral Reorganisation Measure 1949.

• “the bishop” means the bishop for the time being of the diocese concerned . . . F1

• “the diocesan board of finance” means the diocesan board of finance of the diocese concerned.

• F2“parsonage house” has the same meaning as in F3the Church Property Measure 2018.

In paragraph (c) of sub-section (1) of section seventeen of the Measure of 1944 and in sub-section (7) of section five and sub-section (4) of section twelve of the Measure of 1949 and in this Measure the expression “year” means a period of twelve months beginning on the first day of April in any year and ending on the thirty-first day of March in the year following.