Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1992
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | measure 1992 No. 1 |
| Year | 1992 |
(1) During the vacancy of a benefice and otherwise where the profits of a benefice are to be sequestered, the churchwardens of every parish comprised in the benefice and the rural dean and such other person as the bishop of the diocese concerned may appoint, if he considers it desirable to do so, shall F1, subject to subsection (1A) below, be the sequestrators of the benefice, and any rule of law requiring the bishop of the diocese concerned to issue a writ of sequestration on a benefice becoming vacant shall cease to have effect.(1A) In the case of a benefice in respect of which a team ministry is established, subsection (1) above shall have effect as if for the words “rural dean” there were substituted the words “ministers in the team ministry”:Provided that the bishop of the diocese concerned, if he considers that any of the ministers in the team ministry should not be a sequestrator of the benefice, may direct accordingly. who is a vicar in the team ministry; orto whom a special responsibility for pastoral care in respect of a part of the benefice has been assigned under section 20(8A) of the Pastoral Measure 1983, that part of the benefice not being a part in respect of which a special cure of souls has been assigned to a vicar in the team ministry by a scheme under that Measure or by his licence from the bishop.for the purpose of obtaining satisfaction of a debt owed by the incumbent of the benefice; orby reason of the bankruptcy of the incumbent; orfor the purpose of applying the profits where the incumbent is unable by reason of age or infirmity of mind or body to discharge adequately the duties attaching to the benefice.(1) The performance of a funeral service in accordance with this section shall not require the consent or be subject to the control of the minister of the parish in which it is performed.the deceased person dies in the first-mentioned parish; orthe deceased person was resident in the first-mentioned parish immediately before his death; orthe name of the deceased person was on the church electoral roll of the first-mentioned parish immediately before his death.(3) Without prejudice to section 2 of which is chargeable with the expenses of a cemetery; orfor the use of which a crematorium or cemetery has been designated by the bishop of the diocese concerned,a clerk in Holy Orders who is authorised to officiate in accordance with the Canons of the Church of England;a duly authorised deaconess, reader or lay worker.(5) Section 11 of the (6) In this section—
- “minister”, in relation to a parish, means—
- (a) the incumbent;
- (b) in a case where the benefice to which the parish belongs is vacant (and paragraph (c) below does not apply) , the rural dean;
- (c) in a case where a suspension period applies to the benefice to which the parish belongs, the priest-in-charge (if any) ; and ...
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