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(1)In this Measure, except where the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings thereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say:—
“actuary” means a Fellow of the Institution of Actuaries or of the Faculty of Actuaries in Scotland employed by the Board for the purposes of this Measure;
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“the Board” means the Church of England Pensions Board;
“child” includes a step-child and an adopted child;
“church worker” means any person (other than a clerk) who is or has been employed in spiritual or temporal work in connection with the Church of England;
[F2“clerk” means any bishop, priest or deacon of the Church of England;]
“the Commissioners” means the Church Commissioners;
“dependant” shall have such meaning for the purposes of this Measure as the Board may determine for the purposes of each case having regard to all the circumstances;
“diocesan bishop” means the bishop of any diocesan bishopric in England, whether created before or after the passing of this Measure, including the bishopric of Sodor and Man;
“ecclesiastical service” means service rendered under the direction of a diocesan bishop or carried on in furtherance of the spiritual or administrative work of the Church of England and recognised as such by a diocesan bishop;
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[F4“licensed lay worker” means a person who has been admitted by a bishop as a lay worker of the Church of England and who has been authorised by a bishop by licence to serve as such a worker, and includes a person who has been so admitted and has been so authorised otherwise than by licence if on the date on which section 1 of the Church of England (Pensions) Measure 1988 comes into force he was a member of the Church Workers Pension Fund]
“pensionable service” has the meaning assigned to it by section one of this Measure;
[F5“the principal scheme” means the provisions relating to pensions for clerks, deaconesses and licensed lay workers contained in regulations made under section 6 of the Clergy Pensions (Amendment) Measure 1972 and rules made under section 3 of the Clergy Pensions (Amendment) Measure 1967, and known as the Church of England Pensions Scheme;]
“qualifying period of pensionable service” has the meaning assigned to it by the said section one;
[F6“retiring age” means in the case of a man the age of 65 years or such earlier age as the General Synod may by resolution from time to time determine and in the case of a woman the age of 60 years or such other age as the General Synod may so determine;]
[F7“scheme member” means a clerk, deaconess or licensed lay worker, 1]
“stipend” includes salary and other emoluments;
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(2)References in this Measure to any Act or Measure shall be construed as references to that Act or Measure as amended by any subsequent Act or Measure.
Textual Amendments
F1Definitions repealed by S.I. 1988/2256, reg. 36, Sch. 2
F2Definition substituted for definitions of “clerk” and “clerk in Holy Orders” by S.I. 1988/2256, reg. 34(3)(a) (the definition of “clerk” inserted as provided by Church of England (Pensions) Measure 1988 (No. 4, SIF 21:5), ss. 10(3), 18(1), Sch. 2 para. 20(a)
F3Definition repealed by S.I. 1988/2256, reg. 36, Sch. 2
F4Definition inserted by Church of England (Pensions) Measure 1988 (No. 4, SIF 21:5), ss. 10(3), 18(1), Sch. 2 para. 20(b)
F5Definition inserted by S.I. 1988/2239, reg. 3
F6Definition substituted by Deacons (Ordination of Women) Measure 1986 (No. 4, SIF 21:5), s. 3(3), Sch. para. 4
F7Definition inserted as provided by Church of England (Pensions) Measure 1988 (No. 4, SIF 21:5), ss. 10(3), 18(1), Sch. 2 para. 20(c) and substituted by S.I. 1988/2256, reg. 34(3)(b)
F8Definition repealed by S.I. 1988/2256, reg. 36, Sch. 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 46 amended by Deacons (Ordination of Women) Measure 1986 (No. 4. SIF 21:5), s. 3(2)
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