Statutory Instruments
2007 No. 862
ecclesiastical law, england
The Parsonages Measure (Amendment) Rules 2007
Made (Approved by the General Synod)
27th February 2007
Laid before Parliament
16th March 2007
Coming into force
1st May 2007
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 15 of the Parsonages Measure 1938( 1 ), as amended by the Synodical Government Measure 1969( 2 ), the Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986( 3 ), the Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2000( 4 ) and the Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006( 5 ) the Church Commissioners hereby make the following Rules:
Notices
1. Rule 7(a) and (b) and the Schedule are hereby revoked.
Prescribed time for objections to or representations on proposals
2. In Rule 8 of the Rules—
(a) for the heading there shall be substituted the following heading—
“ Prescribed time for objections to or representations on proposals ”
(b) after the words “section 3(1)”, in the first place where they occur, there shall be inserted the words “and section 7”; and
(c) after the words “section 3(1)”, in the second place where they occur, there shall be inserted the words “or, as the case may be, section 7”.
Passing to Commissioners of objections or representations
3. For Rule 9 there shall be substituted the following Rule—
“ Passing to Commissioners of objections or representations ”
“ 9. Where objections or representations are received by the Board in response to a notice given under sections 3(1) or 7 of the Measure, the Board shall within five working days of receipt send such objections or representations to the Commissioners for consideration. ” .
Citation, commencement and interpretation
4. —(1) These Rules may be cited as the Parsonages Measure (Amendment) Rules 2007 and shall come into force on 1st May 2007.
(2) Any reference in these Rules to a Rule or the Schedule is a reference to a Rule of or, as the case may be, to the Schedule to the Parsonages Measure Rules 2000( 6 ).
Executed as a deed by the affixing of the Common Seal of the Church Commissioners on
30th November 2006
Approved by the General Synod of the Church of England on
27th February 2007