List of Church of England Measures

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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^[update] 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• Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1921 - No. 1 (repealed by Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956)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

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
• Church of England (Pensions) Measure 1988 - 1988 No. 4

1989

No General Synod Measures were passed during 1989.^[9]

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
• 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.^[10]

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.^[11]

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

2004

No General Synod Measures were passed during 2004.^[12]

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

See also

• List of Church of England Instruments

References

• Chronological Table of the Statutes
• The Public General Acts and Church Assembly Measures (exact title varies) (various years)

Notes

1. ^ Chronological Table of the Statutes
2. ^ The Public General Acts 1966
3. ^ The Public General Acts 1973
4. ^ The Public General Acts and General Synod Measures 1979
5. ^ The Public General Acts and General Synod Measures 1981
6. ^ The Public General Acts and General Synod Measures 1984
7. ^ The Public General Acts and General Synod Measures 1985
8. ^ The Public General Acts and General Synod Measures 1987
9. ^ The Public General Acts 1989
10. ^ The Public General Acts and General Synod Measures 1996
11. ^ The Public General Acts and General Synod Measures 2002
12. ^ The Public General Acts and General Synod Measures 2004

External links

• OPSI Measures of the General Synod
• Chronological list of Measures at the UK Statute Law Database
• Official text of the Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919 as amended and in force today within the United Kingdom, from the UK Statute Law Database