Introductory Text

Archbishops’ Council

1. Establishment of the Archbishops’ Council.
2. Application of funds.
3. Accounts and audit.
4. Reports and budgets.

Transfer of functions and officers

5. Transfer of functions.
6. Transfer of officers.

Church Commissioners

7. Amendment of Church Commissioners Measure 1947.
8. Management of assets.

General provisions

9. Standing Orders of the General Synod.
10. Committees.
11. Restriction on elected membership of certain bodies.
12. Interpretation.
13. Amendments and repeals.
14. Extent.
15. Short title and commencement.

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1
The Archbishops’ Council

Part I Constitution and membership

1.(1) The Council shall consist of— (a) the Archbishops of...
2.The Archbishops of Canterbury and York shall be joint Presidents...
3.The Archbishop of Canterbury shall preside at meetings of the...
4.(1) Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule, a...
5.(1) A member of the Council may, by notice in...
6.A member of the Council who ceases to be a...
7.The quorum of the Council shall be ten.

Part II General provisions

8.The Council shall be a body corporate, with perpetual succession...
9.(1) A member of the Council appointed under paragraph 1(2)...
10.The arrangements relating to meetings of the Council shall be...
11.The validity of any proceedings of the Council shall not...
12.The application of the seal of the Council shall be...
13.Any document purporting to be a document duly executed under...
14.(1) It shall be within the capacity of the Council...
15.(1) The Council may appoint such committees as it considers...
16.The Council shall appoint a chief executive, to be known...

SCHEDULE 2
Functions of Church Commissioners excluded from section 5

Part I Functions relating to bishops
Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act 1866 (29 & 30 Vict c. 111)...

Part II Functions relating to cathedrals
Cathedrals Measure 1963 (1963 No. 2) Cathedrals Measure 1976 (1976...

SCHEDULE 3
Transfer of officers

Effect of transfer on contracts of employment, etc.
1.(1) Except where objection is made under subsection (6) below,...

Effect of transfer on collective agreement
2.Where at the time of the transfer of an officer...

Dismissal of an officer because of transfer
3.(1) Where either before or after a transfer, an officer...

Continuity of employment
4.For the purpose of any enactment any period during which...

Interpretation
5.In this Schedule— “common employer” in relation to a transfer...

SCHEDULE 4
Amendments of Church Commissioners Measure 1947

1.The Church Commissioners Measure 1947 shall be amended as follows....
2.In section 4(2) paragraph (b) shall be omitted.
3.In section 5— (a) for subsection (1) there shall be...
4.In section 6— (a) for subsection (1) there shall be...
5.In section 7(2) for the words from the beginning of...
6.In section 10(1) at the end there shall be inserted...
7.In section 17(1) for the words “General Purposes Committee” there...
8.In Schedule I— (a) for paragraph 1 there shall be...
9.In Schedule IV— (a) in paragraph 1 for the words...

SCHEDULE 5
Amendment of enactments

Diocesan Stipends Funds Measure 1953
1.In the Diocesan Stipends Funds Measure 1953—

Church Representation Rules
2.In the Synodical Government Measure 1969 in Schedule 3 (Church...

Repair of Benefice Buildings Measure 1972
3.In the Repair of Benefice Buildings Measure 1972 in section...

Endowments and Glebe Measure 1976
4.In the Endowments and Glebe Measure 1976 after section 35...

Pastoral Measure 1983
5.In the Pastoral Measure 1983 in section 78A(2) —