List of Church of England Measures
This is a list of Church of England Measures, which are the legislation of the Church of England. Since 1970, Measures have been made by the General Synod; prior to then they were made by its predecessor, the Church Assembly. Under the Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. 5 c. 76), Measures have the same force as an Act of Parliament.
As of July 2010, there were 124 Measures passed and unrepealed.
10 & 11 Geo. 5 (1920)
- Convocations of the Clergy Measure 1920 – No. 1
11 & 12 Geo. 5 (1921)
- Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1921 – No. 1 (repealed by Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956)
- Ecclesiastical Commissioners Measure 1921
- Union of Benefices Measure 1921
12 & 13 Geo. 5 (1922)
- Representation of the Laity (Amendment) Measure 1922 – No. 1
- Pluralities Act 1838 Amendment Measure 1922 – No. 2
- Revised Tables of Lessons Measure 1922 – No. 3
1923
No Measures were passed in this year (but see note to the following year's Measures)
14 & 15 Geo. 5 (1924)
"These Measures though passed in 1924 describe themselves as 1923"[1]
- Benefices Act 1898 (Amendment) Measure 1923 – No. 1
- Union of Benefices Measure 1923 – No. 2
- Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measure 1923 – No. 3
- Bishopric of Blackburn Measure 1923 – No. 4
- Diocese of Southwell (Division) Measure 1923 – No. 5
- Diocese of Winchester (Division) Measure 1923 – No. 6
15 & 16 Geo. 5 (1925)
- Interpretation Measure 1925 – No. 1
- Bishopric of Leinster Measure 1925 – No. 2
- Diocesan Boards of Finance Measure 1925 – No. 3
16 & 17 Geo. 5 (1926)
- Brislington Parishes (Transfer) Measure 1926 - No. 1
- Rural Deaneries of Pontefract and Hemsworth (Transfer) Measure 1926 – No. 2
- Parish of Manchester Division Act 1850 (Amendment) Measure 1926 – No. 3
- Ecclesiastical Commissioners Measure 1926 – No. 4
- First Fruits and Tenths Measure 1926 – No. 5
- Clergy Pensions Measure 1926 – No. 6
- Episcopal Pensions Measure 1926 – No. 7
- Benefices (Ecclesiastical Duties) Measure 1926 – No. 8
17 & 18 Geo. 5 (1927)
- Indian Church Measure 1927 – No. 1
- Clergy Pensions (Amendment) Measure 1927 – No. 2
- New Dioceses (Transitional Provisions) Measure 1927 – No. 3
- Prayer Book Measure 1927 (proposed)
18 & 19 Geo. 5 (1928)
- Ecclesiastical Commissioners (Provision for Unbeneficed Clergy) Measure 1928 – No. 1
- Tithe (Administration of Trusts) Measure 1928 – No. 2
- Clergy Pensions (Amendment) Measure 1928 – No. 3
- Prayer Book Measure 1928 (proposed)
19 & 20 Geo. 5 (1929)
- Parochial Registers and Records Measure 1929 – No. 1
- Representation of the Laity Measure 1929 – No. 2
- Ecclesiastical Dilapidations (Amendment) Measure 1929 - No. 3
- Westminster Abbey Measure 1929 - No. 4
20 & 21 Geo. 5 (1930)
- Parsonages Measure 1930 - No. 1
- Archdeaconry of Surrey Measure 1930 - No. 2
- Marriage Measure 1930 - No. 3
- Ecclesiastical Commissioners (Pensions of Church Estates Commissioners) Measure 1930 - No. 4
- Ecclesiastical Commissioners (Sodor and Man) Measure 1930 - No. 5
- Clergy Pensions (Older Incumbents) Measure 1930 - No. 6
- Pluralities Measure 1930 - No. 7
- Benefices (Transfer of Rights of Patronage) Measure 1930 - No. 8
21 & 22 Geo. 5 (1931)
- Episcopal Pensions (Sodor and Man) Measure 1931 - No. 1
- Ecclesiastical Commissioners (Loans for Church Training Colleges) Measure 1931 - No. 2
- Benefices (Exercise of Rights of Presentation) Measure 1931 - No. 3
- Channel Islands (Church Legislation) Measure 1931 - No. 4
- Channel Islands (Representation) Measure 1931 - No. 5
- Ecclesiastical Commissioners (Provision for Unbeneficed Clergy) Measure 1928 (Amendment) Measure 1931 - No. 6
- Cathedrals Measure 1931 - No. 7
22 & 23 Geo. 5 (1932)
- Benefices (Diocesan Boards of Patronage) Measure 1932 - No. 1
23 & 24 Geo. 5 (1933)
- Benefices (Purchase of Rights of Patronage) Measure 1933 - No. 1
- Wythenshawe Parishes (Transfer) Measure 1933 - No. 2
- Parish of Manchester Revenues Measure 1933 - No. 3
- Benefices (Sequestrations) Measure 1933 - No. 4
24 & 25 Geo. 5 (1934)
- Clerical Disabilities Act 1870 (Amendment) Measure 1934 - No. 1
- Banns of Marriage Measure 1934 - No. 2
- Cathedrals (Amendment) Measure 1934 - No. 3
25 & 26 Geo. 5 (1935)
- Diocese of Southwell (Transfer) Measure 1935 - No. 1
- Farnham Castle Measure 1935 - No. 2
26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8 (1936)
- Clergy Pensions (Amendment) Measure 1936 - No. 1
- Union of Benefices (Amendment) Measure 1936 - No. 2
- Clergy Pensions (Widows and Dependants) Measure 1936 - No. 3
- Cathedrals (Houses of Residence) Measure 1936 - No. 4
- Ecclesiastical Commissioners (Powers) Measure 1936 - No. 5
1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6 (1937)
- Queen Anne's Bounty (Powers) Measure 1937 - No. 1
- House of Laity (Co-opted Members) Measure 1937 - No. 2
- Southwark Cathedral Measure 1937 - No. 3
1 & 2 Geo. 6 (1938)
- Marriage (Licensing of Chapels) Measure 1938 - No. 1
- Guildford Cathedral Measure 1938 - No. 2
- Parsonages Measure 1938 - No. 3
- Ecclesiastical Commissioners (Powers) Measure 1938 - No. 4
- Liverpool City Churches Act 1897 (Amendment) Measure 1938 - No. 5
- Faculty Jurisdiction Measure 1938 - No. 6
2 & 3 Geo. 6 (1939)
- Queen Anne's Bounty (Powers) Measure 1939 - No. 1
- Ecclesiastical Officers Remuneration Measure 1939 - No. 2
- Clergy (National Emergency Precautions) Measure 1939 - No. 3
3 & 4 Geo. 6 (1939–40)
- House of Laity (Postponement of Election) Measure 1939 - No. 1
- Benefice Buildings (Postponement of Inspections and Repayment of Loans) Measure 1940 - No. 2
- Ecclesiastical Dilapidations (Chancel Repairs) Measure 1940 - No. 3
4 & 5 Geo. 6 (1941)
- Diocesan Reorganisation Committees Measure 1941 - No. 1
5 & 6 Geo. 6 (1942)
- Ecclesiastical Commissioners (Powers) Measure 1942 - No. 1
- Loans (Postponement of Repayment) Measure 1942 - No. 2
6 & 7 Geo. 6 (1943)
- New Parishes Measure 1943 - No. 1
- Episcopal Endowments and Stipends Measure 1943 - No. 2
- Diocesan Education Committees Measure 1943 - No. 3
7 & 8 Geo. 6 (1944)
- Reorganisation Areas Measure 1944 - No. 1
8 & 9 Geo. 6 (1944–45)
- Emergency Legislation Measure 1944 - No. 1
- Episcopal Pensions Measure 1945 - No. 2
- Incumbents (Disability) Measure 1945 - No. 3
9 & 10 Geo. 6 (1946)
- Ecclesiastical Commissioners (Curate Grants) Measure 1946 - No. 1
- Clergy Pensions (Supplementary Pensions) Measure 1946 - No. 2
- Benefices (Suspension of Presentation) Measure 1946 - No. 3
10 & 11 Geo. 6 (1947)
- Incumbents (Discipline) Measure 1947 - No. 1
- Church Commissioners Measure 1947 - No. 2
- Parsonages (Amendment) Measure 1947 - No. 3
11 & 12 Geo. 6 (1948)
- Clergy Pensions Measure 1948 - No. 1
12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6 (1949)
- Church Dignitaries (Retirement) Measure 1949 - No. 1
- Parochial Church Councils (Powers) (Amendment) Measure 1949 - No. 2
- Pastoral Reorganisation Measure 1949 - No. 3
- Benefices (Suspension of Presentation) Measure 1946 (Amendment) Measure 1949 - No. 4
- Reorganisation Areas Measure 1944 (Amendment) Measure 1949 - No. 5
14 Geo. 6 (1950)
- Incumbents (Discipline) Measure 1947 (Amendment) Measure 1950 - No. 1
14 & 15 Geo. 6 (1951)
- Diocesan Education Committees Measure 1943 (Amendment) Measure 1951 - No. 1
- Bishops (Retirement) Measure 1951 - No. 2
- Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures 1923 to 1929 (Amendment) Measure 1951 - No. 3
- Cathedrals (Appointed Commissions) Measure 1951 - No. 4
- Benefices (Stabilization of Incomes) Measure 1951 - No. 5
15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2 (1952)
- Church of England Pensions Board (Powers) Measure 1952 - No. 1
1 & 2 Eliz. 2 (1952–53)
- Union of Benefices (Disused Churches) Measure 1952 - No. 1
- Diocesan Stipends Funds Measure 1953 - No. 2
- Incumbents (Discipline) and Church Dignitaries (Retirement) Amendment Measure 1953 - No. 3
- Archdeaconries (Augmentation) Measure 1953 - No. 4
- Benefices (Suspension of Presentation) Measure 1953 - No. 5
2 & 3 Eliz. 2 (1954)
- New Housing Areas (Church Buildings) Measure 1954 - No. 1
- Reorganisation Areas Measure 1944 (Amendment) Measure 1954 - No. 2
- Cathedrals (Grants) Measure 1954 - No. 3
- Clergy Pensions Measure 1954 - No. 4
3 & 4 Eliz. 2 (1955)
- Inspection of Churches Measure 1955 - No. 1 - 1955 No.1
4 & 5 Eliz. 2 (1955–56)
- Diocesan Education Committees Measure 1955 - No. 1
- Representation of the Laity Measure 1956 - No. 2
- Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956 - No. 3
5 & 6 Eliz. 2 (1957)
- Channel Islands (Church Legislation) Measure 1931 (Amendment) Measure 1957 - No. 1
6 & 7 Eliz. 2 (1958)
- Church Funds Investment Measure 1958 - No. 1
- Church Schools (Assistance by Church Commissioners) Measure 1958 - No. 2
7 & 8 Eliz. 2 (1959)
- Truro Cathedral Measure 1959 - No. 1
- Vacancies in Sees Measure 1959 - No. 2
- Guildford Cathedral Measure 1959 - No. 3
8 & 9 Eliz. 2 (1960)
- Church Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1960 - No. 1
9 & 10 Eliz. 2 (1961)
- Farnham Castle Measure 1961 - No. 1
- Baptismal Registers Measure 1961 - No. 2
- Clergy Pensions Measure 1961 - No. 3
10 & 11 Eliz. 2 (1962)
- Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 1962 - No. 1
1963
- Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963 - 1963 No. 1
- Cathedrals Measure 1963 - 1963 No. 2
1964
- Church Commissioners (Loans for Theological Colleges and Training Houses) Measure 1964 - 1964 No. 1
- Incumbents and Churchwardens (Trusts) Measure 1964 - 1964 No. 2
- Churchwardens (Appointment and Resignation) Measure 1964 - 1964 No. 3
- Holy Table Measure 1964 - 1964 No. 4
- Faculty Jurisdiction Measure 1964 - 1964 No. 5
- Clergy (Ordination and Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1964 - 1964 No. 6
- Vestures of Ministers Measure 1964 - 1964 No. 7
- Church Commissioners Measure 1964 - 1964 No. 8
1965
- Prayer Book (Alternative and Other Services) Measure 1965 - 1965 No. 1
- Benefices (Suspension of Presentation) (Continuance) Measure 1965 - 1965 No. 2
- Prayer Book (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1965 - 1965 No. 3
- Prayer Book (Versions of the Bible) Measure 1965 - 1965 No. 4
1966
No Church Assembly Measures were passed during 1966.[2]
1967
- Clergy Pensions (Amendment) Measure 1967 - 1967 No. 1
- Extra-Parochial Ministry Measure 1967 - 1967 No. 2
- Overseas and Other Clergy (Ministry and Ordination) Measure 1967 - 1967 No. 3
1968
- Pastoral Measure 1968 - 1968 No. 1
- Prayer Book (Further Provisions) Measure 1968 - 1968 No. 2
1969
- Clergy Pensions (Amendment) Measure 1969 - 1969 No. 1
- Synodical Government Measure 1969 - 1969 No. 2
1970
- Collegiate Churches (Capital Endowments) Measure 1970 - 1970 No. 1
- Sharing of Church Buildings Measure 1970 - 1970 No. 2
- Church Commissioners Measure 1970 - 1970 No. 3
1971
- Synodical Government (Special Majorities) Measure 1971 - 1971 No. 1
1972
- Admission to Holy Communion Measure 1972 - 1972 No. 1
- Repair of Benefice Buildings Measure 1972 1972 - 1972 No. 2
- Benefices Measure 1972 - 1972 No. 3
- Deaconesses and Lay Ministry Measure 1972 - 1972 No. 4
- Clergy Pensions (Amendment) Measure 1972 - 1972 No. 5
1973
No General Synod Measures were passed during 1973.[3]
1974
- Synodical Government (Amendment) Measure 1974 - 1974 No. 1
- Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction (Amendment) Measure 1974 - 1974 No. 2
- Church of England (Worship and Doctrine) Measure 1974 - 1974 No. 3
1975
- Church Commissioners (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1975 - 1975 No. 1
- Ecclesiastical Offices (Age Limit) Measure 1975 - 1975 No. 2
1976
- Cathedrals Measure 1976 - 1976 No. 1
- Ecclesiastical Judges and Legal Officers Measure 1976 - 1976 No. 2
- Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1976 - 1976 No. 3
- Endowments and Glebe Measure 1976 - 1976 No. 4
1977
- Incumbents (Vacation of Benefices) Measure 1977 - 1977 No. 1
1978
- Dioceses Measure 1978 - 1978 No. 1
- Parochial Registers and Records Measure 1978 - 1978 No. 2
- Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1978 - 1978 No. 3
1979
No General Synod Measures were passed during 1979.[4]
1980
- Deaconesses and Lay Workers (Pensions) Measure 1980 - 1980 No. 1
- Diocese in Europe Measure 1980 - 1980 No. 2
1981
No General Synod Measures were passed during 1981.[5]
1982
- Pastoral (Amendment) Measure 1982 - 1982 No. 1
- Clergy Pensions (Amendment) Measure 1982 - 1982 No. 2
1983
- Pastoral Measure 1983 - 1983 No. 1
- Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1983 - 1983 No. 2
1984
No General Synod Measures were passed during 1984.[6]
1985
No General Synod Measures were passed during 1985.[7]
1986
- Bishops (Retirement) Measure 1986 - 1986 No. 1
- Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 1986 - 1986 No. 2
- Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986 - 1986 No. 3
- Deacons (Ordination of Women) Measure 1986 - 1986 No. 4
1987
No General Synod Measures were passed during 1987.[8]
1988
- Church of England (Legal Aid and Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1988 - 1988 No. 1
- Church Commissioners (Assistance for Priority Areas) Measure 1988 - 1988 No. 2
- Church of England (Ecumenical Relations) Measure 1988 - 1988 No. 3[9]
- Church of England (Pensions) Measure 1988 - 1988 No. 4
1989
No General Synod Measures were passed during 1989.[10]
1990
- Clergy (Ordination) Measure 1990 - 1990 No. 1
- Care of Cathedrals Measure 1990 - 1990 No. 2
1991
- Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1991 - 1991 No. 1
- Diocesan Boards of Education Measure 1991 - 1991 No. 2
1992
- Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1992 - 1992 No. 1
1993
- Incumbents (Vacation of Benefices) (Amendment) Measure 1993 - 1993 No. 1
- Priests (Ordination of Women) Measure 1993 - 1993 No. 2 repealed by Bishops and Priests (Consecration and Ordination of Women) Measure 2014[11]
- Ordination of Women (Financial Provisions) Measure 1993 - 1993 No. 3
1994
- Pastoral (Amendment) Measure 1994 - 1994 No. 1
- Care of Cathedrals (Supplementary Provisions) Measure 1994 - 1994 No. 2
- Church of England (Legal Aid) Measure 1994 - 1994 No. 3
1995
- Team and Group Ministries Measure 1995 - 1995 No. 1
- Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1995 - 1995 No. 2
1996
No General Synod Measures were passed during 1996.[12]
1997
- Pensions Measure 1997 - 1997 No. 1
1998
- National Institutions Measure 1998 - 1998 No. 1
1999
- Cathedrals Measure 1999 - 1999 No. 1
- Care of Places of Worship Measure 1999 - 1999 No. 2
2000
- Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2000 - 2000 No. 1
2001
- Churchwardens Measure 2001 - 2001 No. 1
2002
No General Synod Measures were passed during 2002.[13]
2003
- Synodical Government (Amendment) Measure 2003 - 2003 No. 1
- Church of England (Pensions) Measure 2003 - 2003 No. 2
- Clergy Discipline Measure 2003 - 2003 No. 3[14][15][16]
2004
No General Synod Measures were passed during 2004.[17]
2005
- Stipends (Cessation of Special Payments) Measure 2005 - 2005 No. 1
- Care of Cathedrals (Amendment) Measure 2005 - 2005 No. 2
- Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2005 - 2005 No. 3
2006
- Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 - 2006 No. 1
- Pastoral (Amendment) Measure 2006 - 2006 No. 2
2007
- Dioceses, Pastoral and Mission Measure 2007 - 2007 No. 1
2008
- Church of England Marriage Measure 2008 - 2008 No. 1
2009
- Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Measure 2009 - 2009 No. 1
- Church of England Pensions (Amendment) Measure 2009 - 2009 No. 2
2010
- Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2010 - 2010 No. 1
- Vacancies in Suffragan Sees and Other Ecclesiastical Offices Measure 2010 - 2010 No. 2
- Crown Benefices (Parish Representatives) Measure 2010 - 2010 No. 3
2011
- Care of Cathedrals Measure 2011 - 2011 No. 1
- Ecclesiastical Fees (Amendment) Measure 2011 - 2011 No. 2
- Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011 - 2011 No. 3
2012
- Church of England Marriage (Amendment) Measure 2012 - 2012 No. 1
2013
- Diocese in Europe Measure 2013 - 2013 No. 1
- Clergy Discipline (Amendment) Measure 2013 - 2013 No. 2
2014
- Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2014 - 2014 No. 1
- Bishops and Priests (Consecration and Ordination of Women) Measure 2014 - 2014 No. 2 repealing Priests (Ordination of Women) Measure 1993[11]
2015
- Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction (Amendment) Measure 2015 - 2015 No. 1
- Ecclesiastical Property Measure 2015 - 2015 No. 2
- Church of England (Pensions) (Amendment) Measure 2015 - 2015 No. 3
2016
- Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016 - 2016 No. 1
- Diocesan Stipends Funds (Amendment) Measure 2016 - 2016 No. 2
See also
References
- Chronological Table of the Statutes
- The Public General Acts and Church Assembly Measures (exact title varies) (various years)
Notes
- ↑ Chronological Table of the Statutes
- ↑ The Public General Acts 1966
- ↑ The Public General Acts 1973
- ↑ The Public General Acts and General Synod Measures 1979
- ↑ The Public General Acts and General Synod Measures 1981
- ↑ The Public General Acts and General Synod Measures 1984
- ↑ The Public General Acts and General Synod Measures 1985
- ↑ The Public General Acts and General Synod Measures 1987
- ↑ "Church of England (Ecumenical Relations) Measure 1988". Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ↑ The Public General Acts 1989
- 1 2 "Bishops and Priests (Consecration and Ordination of Women) Measure 2014". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ↑ The Public General Acts and General Synod Measures 1996
- ↑ The Public General Acts and General Synod Measures 2002
- ↑ "Clergy Discipline Measure 2003". Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ↑ "Clergy Discipline Measure 2003 B". Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ↑ "The Clergy Discipline Measure 2003: A Canter Through its Provisions and Procedures" (PDF). Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ↑ The Public General Acts and General Synod Measures 2004
External links
- Measures of the General Synod
- Text of the Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk