Statutory Instruments
2009 No. 2109
Ecclesiastical Law, England
The Church of England Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2009
Made (approved by the General Synod)-
13th July 2009
Laid before Parliament
6th August 2009
Coming into force
1st January 2010
The General Synod, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6 of the Clergy Pensions (Amendment) Measure 1972( 1 ), approves the following Regulations.
In accordance with section 6(4) of that Measure these Regulations have been prepared by the Church of England Pensions Board and laid before the General Synod with the concurrence of the Church Commissioners.
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Church of England Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2009 and shall come into force on 1st January 2010.
Meaning of “deceased member’s pension”
2. For regulation 17(1)(a) and (b) of the Church of England Pensions Regulations 1988( 2 ) substitute—
“ (a) if at the date of death the scheme member was in receipt of a pension under these regulations, the pension received by the member or, if the scheme member had chosen to give up pension for an additional lump sum under Rule 9A of the Church of England (Lump Sum Payments) Rules 1988 (being rules made under section 3 of the Clergy Pensions (Amendment) Measure 1967 ( 3 ) ), the pension the member would have been receiving had he not done so;
(b) if at the date of death the scheme member had attained the retiring age but was not in receipt of a pension under these regulations, the pension to which the member would have been entitled if he had retired on the date of his death and had not given up pension for an additional lump sum under Rule 9A of the Church of England (Lump Sum Payments) Rules 1988; ” .
Approved by the General Synod on
13th July 2009
David Williams
Clerk to the Synod
Church House, London
1972 No. 5 .
S.I. 1988/2256 .
1967 No. 1 .