Consequential amendments of Clergy Pensions Measure 1961
34.—(1) After section 40 of the 1961 Measure there shall be inserted the following section—
“Payment by Com-missioners in respect of accrued rights.
40A. The Commissioners shall have power to pay to the Board out of their general fund such sums as are required by the Board for any payments made by them in respect of accrued rights of former scheme members under regulations made under section 6 of the Clergy Pensions (Amendment) Measure 1972.”
(2) In section 44 of the 1961 Measure for the words “other than section thirty-nine” there shall be substituted the words “or of regulations made under section 6 of the Clergy Pensions (Amendment) Measure 1972”.
(3) In section 46(1) of the 1961 Measure—
(a)for the definitions of “clerk” and “clerk in Holy Orders” there shall be substituted—
““clerk” means any bishop, priest or deacon of the Church of England;”
(b)for the definition of “scheme member” there shall be substituted—
““scheme member” means a clerk, deaconess or licensed lay worker, 1”.