List of Church of England Measures

10 & 11 Geo. 5 (1920)

Convocations of the Clergy Measure 1920 – No. 1

11 & 12 Geo. 5 (1921)

Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1921 – No. 1 (repealed by Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956)

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

1923

No Measures were passed in this year (but see note to the following year's Measures)

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

22 & 23 Geo. 5 (1932)

Benefices (Diocesan Boards of Patronage) Measure 1932 - No. 1

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

4 & 5 Geo. 6 (1941)

Diocesan Reorganisation Committees Measure 1941 - No. 1

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

7 & 8 Geo. 6 (1944)

Reorganisation Areas Measure 1944 - No. 1

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

11 & 12 Geo. 6 (1948)

Clergy Pensions Measure 1948 - No. 1

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 Geo. 6 (1950)

Incumbents (Discipline) Measure 1947 (Amendment) Measure 1950 - No. 1

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

3 & 4 Eliz. 2 (1955)

Inspection of Churches Measure 1955 - No. 1 - 1955 No.1

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 - No. 3

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

8 & 9 Eliz. 2 (1960)

Church Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1960 - No. 1

9 & 10 Eliz. 2 (1961)

Farnham Castle Measure 1961 - No. 1

Baptismal Registers Measure 1961 - No. 2

Clergy Pensions Measure 1961 - No. 3

10 & 11 Eliz. 2 (1962)

Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 1962 - No. 1

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

1966

No Church Assembly Measures were passed during 1966.

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

1971

Synodical Government (Special Majorities) Measure 1971 - 1971 No. 1

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

1973

No General Synod Measures were passed during 1973.

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

1977

Incumbents (Vacation of Benefices) Measure 1977 - 1977 No. 1

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

1979

No General Synod Measures were passed during 1979.

1980

Deaconesses and Lay Workers (Pensions) Measure 1980 - 1980 No. 1

Diocese in Europe Measure 1980 - 1980 No. 2

1981

No General Synod Measures were passed during 1981.

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

1984

No General Synod Measures were passed during 1984.

1985

No General Synod Measures were passed during 1985.

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

1987

No General Synod Measures were passed during 1987.

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

1989

No General Synod Measures were passed during 1989.

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

1992

Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1992 - 1992 No. 1

1993

Incumbents (Vacation of Benefices) (Amendment) Measure 1993 - 1993 No. 1

Priests (Ordination of Women) Measure 1993 - 1993 No. 2 repealed by Bishops and Priests (Consecration and Ordination of Women) Measure 2014

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

1996

No General Synod Measures were passed during 1996.

1997

Pensions Measure 1997 - 1997 No. 1

1998

National Institutions Measure 1998 - 1998 No. 1

1999

Cathedrals Measure 1999 - 1999 No. 1

Care of Places of Worship Measure 1999 - 1999 No. 2

2000

Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2000 - 2000 No. 1

2001

Churchwardens Measure 2001 - 2001 No. 1

2002

No General Synod Measures were passed during 2002.

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

2004

No General Synod Measures were passed during 2004.

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

2007

Dioceses, Pastoral and Mission Measure 2007 - 2007 No. 1

2008

Church of England Marriage Measure 2008 - 2008 No. 1

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

2011

Care of Cathedrals Measure 2011 - 2011 No. 1

Ecclesiastical Fees (Amendment) Measure 2011 - 2011 No. 2

Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011 - 2011 No. 3

2012

Church of England Marriage (Amendment) Measure 2012 - 2012 No. 1

2013

Diocese in Europe Measure 2013 - 2013 No. 1

Clergy Discipline (Amendment) Measure 2013 - 2013 No. 2

2014

Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2014 - 2014 No. 1

Bishops and Priests (Consecration and Ordination of Women) Measure 2014 - 2014 No. 2 repealing Priests (Ordination of Women) Measure 1993

2015

Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction (Amendment) Measure 2015 - 2015 No. 1

Ecclesiastical Property Measure 2015 - 2015 No. 2

Church of England (Pensions) (Amendment) Measure 2015 - 2015 No. 3

2016

Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016 - 2016 No. 1

Diocesan Stipends Funds (Amendment) Measure 2016 - 2016 No. 2