Team and Group Ministries Measure 1995

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Team and Group Ministries Measure 1995

1995 No. 1

A Measure passed by the General Synod of the Church of England to make further provision with respect to team and group ministries.

[28th June 1995]

Commencement Information

I1Act partly in force at Royal Assent see s. 20(2)

Part IE Amendment of Pastoral Measure 1983

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2 Team ministries established under Pastoral Measure 1968.E

After section 20 of the 1983 Measure there shall be inserted—

20A Team ministries established under 1968 Measure.

(1)Subject to the following provisions of this section, in the case of a team ministry established for the area of any benefice under a pastoral scheme made and confirmed by Order in Council under the M4Pastoral Measure 1968 (referred to in this section as “a 1968 Measure team ministry”), the scheme shall be deemed to contain provisions of the kind referred to in section 20(1)(b), that is to say, provisions for the pastoral care of persons in that area by those who are to share the cure of souls therein together with all other persons who are from time to time authorised by licence or permission of the bishop to serve in that area as members of the team.

(2)The persons who are to share the cure of souls in the said area shall constitute the team chapter, and the team chapter together with the other persons deemed to be referred to in the scheme by virtue of subsection (1) shall constitute the team.

(3)The pastoral committee of each diocese shall, as soon as possible after the passing of the Team and Group Ministries Measure 1995, send to the secretary of the parochial church council of every parish comprised in the area of a benefice in the diocese for which a 1968 Measure team ministry is established a notice stating that written representations to the effect that subsections (1) and (2) should not apply to the team ministry may be made to the pastoral committee within the period of six months immediately following the date on which the notice was sent, and require him to affix a copy on or near the principal door of every church in the parish and every building licensed by the bishop for public worship in the parish.

(4)Subsections (1) and (2) shall not apply to any team ministry until the expiration of the period of six months immediately following the date on which the notice referred to in subsection (3) was sent to the parishes concerned and if, within the said period of six months, written representations as aforesaid with respect to a 1968 Measure team ministry are received by a pastoral committee—

(a)the pastoral committee shall forthwith refer the representations to the Commissioners, and the Commissioners shall then as soon as possible consider the representations and determine whether or not subsections (1) and (2) are to apply to the team ministry; and

(b)subsections (1) and (2) shall not apply to the team ministry unless and until the Commissioners determine that they are to apply to it.

Marginal Citations

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Part IIE Amendment of other enactments

7 Diocesan Boards of Finance Measure 1925.E

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9 Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956.E

10 Churchwardens (Appointment and Resignation) Measure 1964.E

11 Church Representation Rules.E

12 Sharing of Church Buildings Act 1969.E

13 Deaconesses and Lay Ministry Measure 1972.E

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15 Church of England (Legal Aid and Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1988.E

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17 Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1992.E

Part IIIE General

18 Transitional provisions.E

The transitional provisions in Schedule 2 to this Measure shall have effect.

19 Extent.E

(1)Subject to subsection (2) below this Measure shall extend to the whole of the provinces of Canterbury and York except the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, but the provisions thereof may be applied to the Channel Islands as defined in the Channel Islands (Church Legislation) Measures 1931 and 1957, or either of them, in accordance with those Measures and if an Act of Tynwald or an instrument made in pursuance of an Act of Tynwald so provides, shall extend to the Isle of Man subject to such exceptions, adaptations or modifications as may be specified in the Act of Tynwald or instrument.

(2)The power to apply the provisions of this Measure to the Channel Islands shall not apply to sections 8, 9 and 12.

20 Citation, commencement and interpretation.E

(1)This Measure may be cited as the Team and Group Ministries Measure 1995.

(2)Section 2 of this Measure shall come into operation on the date on which this Measure is passed, and the other provisions of this Measure shall come into operation on such date as the Archbishops of Canterbury and York may jointly appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions.

(3)In this Measure “the 1983 Measure” means the M16Pastoral Measure 1983.