The United Reformed Church Act 1981 (Guernsey) Order 1987

Article 3

SCHEDULE EXCEPTIONS, ADAPTATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS TO PROVISIONS OF THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH ACT 1981 AS EXTENDED TO GUERNSEY

1.   Any reference to an Act of Parliament (including the United Reformed Church Act 1981), or to any provision thereof, which extends to Guernsey shall be construed, unless the contrary intention appears, as a reference to that Act or provision as it has effect in Guernsey.

2.   In section 2—

(a) the definitions of “Association”, “Churches of Christ”, “clerk”, “commissioners”, “date of unification”, “dissolved association”, “Moderator”, “Proposals for Unification”, “Unifying Assembly”, “Unifying Declaration” and “uniting church” shall be omitted; and

(b) after the definition of “Act of 1972” there shall be inserted the following definition:—

• “ “the court” means the Royal Court of Guernsey;”.

3.—(1) In section 21(1)—

(a) for the words “commencement of this Act” there shall be substituted the words “date of extension of this section to Guernsey”;

(b) in paragraphs (a) and (b), for the words “formation as defined in the Act of 1972” there shall be substituted the words “the extension of the Act of 1972 to Guernsey”;

(c) paragraphs (c) and (d) shall be omitted;

(d) for the words “passing of this Act” there shall be substituted the words “extension of this section to Guernsey”;

(e) in paragraph (i), for the words “5th October 1972” there shall be substituted the words “3rd June 1981”; and

(f) paragraphs (iii) and (iv) shall be omitted.

(2) In section 21(2)—

(a) for the words “commencement of this Act” there shall be substituted the words “date of extension of this section to Guernsey”;

(b) for the words “said date of formation” there shall be substituted the words “date of extension of the Act of 1972 to Guernsey”; and

(c) the words “and section 15” shall be omitted.

(3) Section 21(3) shall be omitted.

4.   In section 24, for the words “society, or uniting church” there shall be substituted the words “or society”.

5.   In section 29, the words “the commissioners” shall be omitted.

6.   In Schedule 1, paragraph 1 shall be omitted.