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

• Citation: S.I. 2014/2077
• Sections: 9

Section 1 Citation and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2014 (Appointed Day No. 2 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014.

(2) In this Order—

“the Measure” means the Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2014; and

“the commencement date” means, in relation to a provision of the Measure, the date appointed for the commencement of that provision by article 2.

Section 2 Commencement

(1) Paragraph 19(4) and (5) of Schedule 2 to the Measure come into force on the day on which this Order is made.

(2) All other provisions of the Measure which have not yet been commenced come into force on 1st January 2015.

Section 3 Transitional and saving provisions

The Schedule contains transitional and saving provisions which apply in relation to provisions of the Measure that are commenced by this Order.

Section 1 Section 25 of the Burial Act 1857

This paragraph applies where a licence has been granted by the Secretary of State under section 25 of the Burial Act 1857 before the commencement date for section 2 of the Measure and—

(a) the body, or the remains of the body, to which the licence relates has, or have, not been removed before that date; or

(b) any precautions that have been prescribed by the Secretary of State as the condition of the licence remain to be complied with after that date.

Section 2 Section 25 of the Burial Act 1857

Where paragraph 1 applies, the licence has effect as if it had been granted under section 25(2)(c) of the Burial Act 1857 as substituted by section 2 of the Measure and any precautions that were prescribed by the Secretary of State as the condition of the licence have effect as if they were conditions attached to the licence under that paragraph.

Section 3 Amendment of section 3 of the Faculty Jurisdiction Measure 1964

Section 7(3) of the Measure, which provides for the substitution of subsection (3) of section 3 of the Faculty Jurisdiction Measure 1964 , has effect in relation to any proceedings for a faculty to which that section applies and which are pending on the commencement date; but that does not affect the continuing application of subsection (3) of that section as originally enacted in relation to such proceedings.

Section 4 Section 16A of the Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986

Section 16A of the Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986 (“the 1986 Measure ”), as inserted by section 12(2) of the Measure, does not apply in the case of a vacancy in a benefice of which the designated officer has, prior to the commencement date, given notice under section 7(4) of the 1986 Measure (and the notice is not deemed to have been revoked by virtue of section 88(b) of the Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011 ).

Section 5 Amendment of section 35 of the Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986

The amendments made by paragraph 9(3) and (5) of Schedule 2 to the Measure do not have effect in relation to a vacancy in a benefice of which the designated officer has, prior to the commencement date, given notice under section 7(4) of the 1986 Measure (and the notice is not deemed to have been revoked by virtue of section 88(b) of the Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011).

Section 6 Amendment of the Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011

(1) The amendment made by paragraph 19(4) of Schedule 2 to the Measure does not have effect in any case where, before the commencement date, interested parties have expressed their views, or have been invited to express their views, in accordance with section 21 of the Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011 (“the 2011 Measure ”).

(2) The amendment made by paragraph 19(5) of Schedule 2 to the Measure does not have effect in relation to a pastoral scheme if a draft of the scheme was published by the Church Commissioners under the 2011 Measure before the commencement date.

(3) Paragraph 11(5A) of Schedule 4 to the 2011 Measure, as inserted by paragraph 19(12)(e) of Schedule 2 to the Measure, does not apply where the mission and pastoral committee has suspended periodical payments before the commencement date.