This is a list of Church of England Measures, which are the legislation of the Church of England

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. Since 1970, Measures have been made by the General Synod

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; prior to then they were made by its predecessor, the Church Assembly. Under the Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919

Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919

The Church of England Assembly Act 1919 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that gives the Church of England the power to pass primary legislation called Measures. Measures have the same force and effect as Acts of Parliament...

 (9 & 10 Geo. 5 c. 76), Measures have the same force as an Act of Parliament

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there were 124 Measures passed and unrepealed.

11 & 12 Geo. 5 (1921)

• Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1921 - No. 1 (repealed by Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956
  Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956
  The Parochial Church Councils Measure 1956 was a Measure passed by the Church Assembly of the Church of England that gave parish-level Parochial Church Councils various miscellaneous powers such as framing an annual budget, power to make levy and collect a voluntary church rate, power jointly...
  
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• 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

14 & 15 Geo. 5 (1924)

"These Measures though passed in 1924 describe themselves as 1923"

• 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

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

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

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

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 & 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

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
  Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956
  The Parochial Church Councils Measure 1956 was a Measure passed by the Church Assembly of the Church of England that gave parish-level Parochial Church Councils various miscellaneous powers such as framing an annual budget, power to make levy and collect a voluntary church rate, power jointly...
  
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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

9 & 10 Eliz. 2 (1961)

• Farnham Castle Measure 1961 - No. 1
• Baptismal Registers Measure 1961 - No. 2
• Clergy Pensions Measure 1961 - No. 3

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

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

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

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

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

1980

• Deaconesses and Lay Workers (Pensions) Measure 1980 - 1980 No. 1
• Diocese in Europe Measure 1980 - 1980 No. 2

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

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

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

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

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

1999

• Cathedrals Measure 1999 - 1999 No. 1
• Care of Places of Worship Measure 1999 - 1999 No. 2

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

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

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

External links

• OPSI Measures of the General Synod
• Chronological list of Measures at the UK Statute Law Database
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