List of Church of England Measures

• Convocations of the Clergy Measure 1920 – No. 1

• Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1921 – No. 1 (repealed by Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956)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

• 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

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

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

• 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

• Interpretation Measure 1925 – No. 1
• Bishopric of Leinster Measure 1925 – No. 2
• Diocesan Boards of Finance Measure 1925 – No. 3

• 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

• Indian Church Measure 1927 – No. 1
• Clergy Pensions (Amendment) Measure 1927 – No. 2
• New Dioceses (Transitional Provisions) Measure 1927 – No. 3

Proposed:

• Prayer Book Measure 1927

• 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

Proposed:

• Prayer Book Measure 1928

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

• 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

• Clerical Disabilities Act 1870 (Amendment) Measure 1934 – No. 1
• Banns of Marriage Measure 1934 – No. 2
• Cathedrals (Amendment) Measure 1934 – No. 3

• Diocese of Southwell (Transfer) Measure 1935 – No. 1
• Farnham Castle Measure 1935 – No. 2

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Queen Anne's Bounty (Powers) Measure 1939 – No. 1
• Ecclesiastical Officers Remuneration Measure 1939 – No. 2
• Clergy (National Emergency Precautions) Measure 1939 – No. 3

• 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

• Diocesan Reorganisation Committees Measure 1941 – No. 1

• Ecclesiastical Commissioners (Powers) Measure 1942 – No. 1
• Loans (Postponement of Repayment) Measure 1942 – No. 2

• New Parishes Measure 1943 – No. 1
• Episcopal Endowments and Stipends Measure 1943 – No. 2
• Diocesan Education Committees Measure 1943 – No. 3

• Reorganisation Areas Measure 1944 – No. 1

• Emergency Legislation Measure 1944 – No. 1
• Episcopal Pensions Measure 1945 – No. 2
• Incumbents (Disability) Measure 1945 – No. 3

• Ecclesiastical Commissioners (Curate Grants) Measure 1946 – No. 1
• Clergy Pensions (Supplementary Pensions) Measure 1946 – No. 2
• Benefices (Suspension of Presentation) Measure 1946 – No. 3

• Incumbents (Discipline) Measure 1947 – No. 1
• Church Commissioners Measure 1947 – No. 2
• Parsonages (Amendment) Measure 1947 – No. 3

• Clergy Pensions Measure 1948 – No. 1

• 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

• Incumbents (Discipline) Measure 1947 (Amendment) Measure 1950 – No. 1

• 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

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

• 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

• 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

• Inspection of Churches Measure 1955 – No. 1 1955 No.1

• Diocesan Education Committees Measure 1955 – No. 1
• Representation of the Laity Measure 1956 – No. 2
• Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956 – No. 3

• Channel Islands (Church Legislation) Measure 1931 (Amendment) Measure 1957 – No. 1

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

• Truro Cathedral Measure 1959 – No. 1
• Vacancies in Sees Measure 1959 – No. 2
• Guildford Cathedral Measure 1959 – No. 3

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

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

• Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 1962 – No. 1

• Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963 – 1963 No. 1
• Cathedrals Measure 1963 – 1963 No. 2

• 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

• 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

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

• 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

• Pastoral Measure 1968 – 1968 No. 1
• Prayer Book (Further Provisions) Measure 1968 – 1968 No. 2

• Clergy Pensions (Amendment) Measure 1969 – 1969 No. 1
• Synodical Government Measure 1969 – 1969 No. 2

• 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

• Synodical Government (Special Majorities) Measure 1971 – 1971 No. 1

• 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

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

• 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

• Church Commissioners (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1975 – 1975 No. 1
• Ecclesiastical Offices (Age Limit) Measure 1975 – 1975 No. 2

• 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

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

• 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

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

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

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

• Pastoral (Amendment) Measure 1982 – 1982 No. 1
• Clergy Pensions (Amendment) Measure 1982 – 1982 No. 2

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

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

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

• 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

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

• 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[9]
• Church of England (Pensions) Measure 1988 – 1988 No. 4

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

• Clergy (Ordination) Measure 1990 – 1990 No. 1
• Care of Cathedrals Measure 1990 – 1990 No. 2

• Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1991 – 1991 No. 1
• Diocesan Boards of Education Measure 1991 – 1991 No. 2

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

• 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[11]
• Ordination of Women (Financial Provisions) Measure 1993 – 1993 No. 3

• 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

• Team and Group Ministries Measure 1995 – 1995 No. 1
• Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1995 – 1995 No. 2

No General Synod Measures were passed during 1996.[12]

• Pensions Measure 1997 – 1997 No. 1

• National Institutions Measure 1998 – 1998 No. 1

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

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

• Churchwardens Measure 2001 – 2001 No. 1

No General Synod Measures were passed during 2002.[13]

• Synodical Government (Amendment) Measure 2003 – 2003 No. 1
• Church of England (Pensions) Measure 2003 – 2003 No. 2
• Clergy Discipline Measure 2003 – 2003 No. 3[14][15][16]

No General Synod Measures were passed during 2004.[17]

• 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

• Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 – 2006 No. 1
• Pastoral (Amendment) Measure 2006 – 2006 No. 2

• Dioceses, Pastoral and Mission Measure 2007 – 2007 No. 1

• Church of England Marriage Measure 2008 – 2008 No. 1

• Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Measure 2009 – 2009 No. 1
• Church of England Pensions (Amendment) Measure 2009 – 2009 No. 2

• 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

• Care of Cathedrals Measure 2011 – 2011 No. 1
• Ecclesiastical Fees (Amendment) Measure 2011 – 2011 No. 2
• Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011 – 2011 No. 3

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

• Diocese in Europe Measure 2013 – 2013 No. 1
• Clergy Discipline (Amendment) Measure 2013 – 2013 No. 2

• 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[11]

• 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

• Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016 – 2016 No. 1
• Diocesan Stipends Funds (Amendment) Measure 2016 – 2016 No. 2

• List of Church of England Instruments

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

• Measures of the General Synod
• Text of the Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.