List of Church of England Measures

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This is a list of Church of England Measures, which are the legislation of the Church of England. Since 1970, Measures have been made by the General Synod; prior to then they were made by its predecessor, the Church Assembly. Under the Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. 5 c. 76), Measures have the same force as an Act of Parliament.

As of July 2010, there were 124 Measures passed and unrepealed.

10 & 11 Geo. 5 (1920) [edit]

11 & 12 Geo. 5 (1921) [edit]

12 & 13 Geo. 5 (1922) [edit]

1923 [edit]

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

14 & 15 Geo. 5 (1924) [edit]

"These Measures though passed in 1924 describe themselves as 1923"[1]

15 & 16 Geo. 5 (1925) [edit]

16 & 17 Geo. 5 (1926) [edit]

17 & 18 Geo. 5 (1927) [edit]


  • Prayer Book Measure 1927 (proposed)

18 & 19 Geo. 5 (1928) [edit]

  • 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) [edit]

20 & 21 Geo. 5 (1930) [edit]

21 & 22 Geo. 5 (1931) [edit]

22 & 23 Geo. 5 (1932) [edit]

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

23 & 24 Geo. 5 (1933) [edit]

24 & 25 Geo. 5 (1934) [edit]

25 & 26 Geo. 5 (1935) [edit]

26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8 (1936) [edit]

  • 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) [edit]

1 & 2 Geo. 6 (1938) [edit]

2 & 3 Geo. 6 (1939) [edit]

3 & 4 Geo. 6 (1939–40) [edit]

4 & 5 Geo. 6 (1941) [edit]

5 & 6 Geo. 6 (1942) [edit]

6 & 7 Geo. 6 (1943) [edit]

  • 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) [edit]

8 & 9 Geo. 6 (1944–45) [edit]

9 & 10 Geo. 6 (1946) [edit]

  • 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) [edit]

11 & 12 Geo. 6 (1948) [edit]

  • Clergy Pensions Measure 1948 - No. 1

12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6 (1949) [edit]

14 Geo. 6 (1950) [edit]

14 & 15 Geo. 6 (1951) [edit]

  • 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) [edit]

  • Church of England Pensions Board (Powers) Measure 1952 - No. 1

1 & 2 Eliz. 2 (1952–53) [edit]

  • 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) [edit]

3 & 4 Eliz. 2 (1955) [edit]

4 & 5 Eliz. 2 (1955–56) [edit]

5 & 6 Eliz. 2 (1957) [edit]

6 & 7 Eliz. 2 (1958) [edit]

  • Church Funds Investment Measure 1958 - No. 1
  • Church Schools (Assistance by Church Commissioners) Measure 1958 - No. 2

7 & 8 Eliz. 2 (1959) [edit]

8 & 9 Eliz. 2 (1960) [edit]

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

9 & 10 Eliz. 2 (1961) [edit]

10 & 11 Eliz. 2 (1962) [edit]

  • Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 1962 - No. 1

1963 [edit]

1964 [edit]

1965 [edit]

1966 [edit]

No Church Assembly Measures were passed during 1966.[2]

1967 [edit]

1968 [edit]

1969 [edit]

1970 [edit]

  • 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 [edit]

1972 [edit]

1973 [edit]

No General Synod Measures were passed during 1973.[3]

1974 [edit]

1975 [edit]

1976 [edit]

1977 [edit]

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

1978 [edit]

1979 [edit]

No General Synod Measures were passed during 1979.[4]

1980 [edit]

1981 [edit]

No General Synod Measures were passed during 1981.[5]

1982 [edit]

1983 [edit]

  • Pastoral Measure 1983 - 1983 No. 1
  • Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1983 - 1983 No. 2

1984 [edit]

No General Synod Measures were passed during 1984.[6]

1985 [edit]

No General Synod Measures were passed during 1985.[7]

1986 [edit]

1987 [edit]

No General Synod Measures were passed during 1987.[8]

1988 [edit]

1989 [edit]

No General Synod Measures were passed during 1989.[10]

1990 [edit]

1991 [edit]

1992 [edit]

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

1993 [edit]

1994 [edit]

  • 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 [edit]

1996 [edit]

No General Synod Measures were passed during 1996.[11]

1997 [edit]

  • Pensions Measure 1997 - 1997 No. 1

1998 [edit]

1999 [edit]

2000 [edit]

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

2001 [edit]

  • Churchwardens Measure 2001 - 2001 No. 1

2002 [edit]

No General Synod Measures were passed during 2002.[12]

2003 [edit]

2004 [edit]

No General Synod Measures were passed during 2004.[16]

2005 [edit]

2006 [edit]

2007 [edit]

2008 [edit]

2009 [edit]

2010 [edit]

2011 [edit]

2012 [edit]

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  • Chronological Table of the Statutes
  • The Public General Acts and Church Assembly Measures (exact title varies) (various years)

Notes [edit]

  1. ^ Chronological Table of the Statutes
  2. ^ The Public General Acts 1966
  3. ^ The Public General Acts 1973
  4. ^ The Public General Acts and General Synod Measures 1979
  5. ^ The Public General Acts and General Synod Measures 1981
  6. ^ The Public General Acts and General Synod Measures 1984
  7. ^ The Public General Acts and General Synod Measures 1985
  8. ^ The Public General Acts and General Synod Measures 1987
  9. ^ "Church of England (Ecumenical Relations) Measure 1988". Retrieved 11 February 2013. 
  10. ^ The Public General Acts 1989
  11. ^ The Public General Acts and General Synod Measures 1996
  12. ^ The Public General Acts and General Synod Measures 2002
  13. ^ "Clergy Discipline Measure 2003". Retrieved 11 February 2013. 
  14. ^ "Clergy Discipline Measure 2003 B". Retrieved 11 February 2013. 
  15. ^ "The Clergy Discipline Measure 2003: A Canter Through its Provisions and Procedures". Retrieved 11 February 2013. 
  16. ^ The Public General Acts and General Synod Measures 2004

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