The Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2014 (Appointed Day No. 2 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This is the second appointed day order made under the Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2014.

Article 2(1) of the Order commences paragraph 19(4) and (5) of Schedule 2 which make minor amendments to the Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011.

Article 2(2) commences all the remaining provisions of the Measure on 1^st January 2015. The provisions commenced by article 2(2) are as follows:

• section 2 which substitutes a new section for section 25 of the Burial Act 1857 (Offence of removal of body from burial ground);

• section 7 which amends section 3 of the Faculty Jurisdiction Measure 1964 (Faculties affecting monuments owned by persons withholding consent thereto);

• section 12 which inserts a new section 16A in the Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986 to provide a special procedure for the appointment of a priest in charge of a benefice as the incumbent;

• paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 which makes updating amendments to Schedule 2 to the Incumbents (Vacation of Benefices) Measure 1977;

• paragraph 9 of Schedule 2 which makes miscellaneous minor amendments to the Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986;

• paragraph 19(12) of Schedule 2 which makes updating amendments to the Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011.

The Schedule contains transitional and saving provisions which relate to some of the provisions that are commenced by article 2.