Clergy Pensions Measure 1961

21 Constitution of Board. E

(1) There shall continue to be a board to be called “The Church of England Pensions Board” (in this Measure referred to as “the Board”) and the Board shall exercise and perform the functions assigned to them by this Measure.

(2) The Board shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal.

[F1 (3) The Board shall consist of twenty members (of whom eight shall be representative of the members of the pension schemes administered by the Board) chosen in such manner, whether by election or by appointment, as may be prescribed by regulations made under section 6 of the M1 Clergy Pensions (Amendment) Measure 1972. ]

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F2 (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2 (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(9) The Board may act notwithstanding a vacancy among the members thereof.

(10) The quorum of the Board shall be [F3 six, including at least two persons representing the members of the pensions schemes administered by the Board].

[F4 (10A) The Board shall have power to appoint such committees and may delegate to them such functions as they think fit and persons who are not members of the Board may be appointed to any such committee.]

(11) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this section, the Board may make standing orders regulating their own procedure.

(12) The common seal of the Board shall be judicially noticed and shall be authenticated by the signature of the secretary or of some other officer of the Board authorised by the Board to act for that purpose.

(13) Any document purporting to be a document duly executed under the seal of the Board shall be received in evidence and shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be so executed.

[F5 (14) The Board and their committees may, in accordance with the standing orders, authorise officers to carry out functions on behalf of the Board or its committees.

(15) The Chairman of the Board or any committee of the Board may, if he or she considers that their business can properly be conducted by correspondence, instruct the secretary to circulate to the Board or the committee in writing or by electronic transmission proposals requiring the approval of their members.

(16) Unless objections to the proposals are received from members of the Board or the committee in such numbers and within such period from the date of their posting or transmission (as the case may be) as may be specified in the standing orders, the proposals shall be deemed, at the expiry of that period, to have been approved by the Board or the committee with the same effect as if they had been approved at a duly convened meeting.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 21(3) substituted (1.1.1998) by 1997 No. 1 , s. 8(1) ; Instrument dated 28.11.1997 made by Archbishops of Canterbury and York

F2 S. 21(4)-(8) repealed (1.1.1998) by 1997 No. 1 , s. 10(2) , Sch. 2 Pt. I ; Instrument dated 28.11.1997 made by Archbishops of Canterbury and York

F3 Words in s. 21(10) substituted (1.1.1998) by 1997 No. 1 , s. 10(1) , Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 6 ; Instrument dated 28.11.1997 made by Archbishops of Canterbury and York

F4 S. 21(10A) inserted (1.7.2010) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2010 (No. 1) , ss. 4 , 13(2) ; S.I. 2010/2 , art. 2 , Sch. 1

F5 S. 21(14)-(16) added (19.5.2014) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2014 (No. 1) , s. 21(2) , Sch. 2 para. 4(2) ; S.I. 2014/1369 , art. 2

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 21(5): Functions of Standing Committee expressed to be transferred (1.1.1999) to Appointments Committee by S.I. 1998/1715 , arts. 1(2)(4) , 2 , Sch. 1 ; Instrument dated 14.10.1998 made by Archbishops of Canterbury and York

Marginal Citations

M1 1972 No. 5 .