Part I — Procedure for making pastoral schemes and orders

2. Duties of Commissioners
3. Formulation and submission to bishop of draft proposals
5. Amendment of proposals and preparation of draft scheme or order by Commissioners
6. Notice and publication of draft schemes or orders
7. Amendment of draft schemes or orders
8. Making of schemes or orders
9. Review of schemes
10. Transmission of schemes or orders
11. Validity and date of operation of schemes and orders
14. Powers of bishop to make proposals
15. Withdrawal of scheme or order
16. Supplementary powers

Part II — Contents and effect of pastoral schemes and orders

17. Creation, alteration or dissolution of benefices, parishes and extra-parochial places
18. Holding of benefices in plurality
19. Archdeaconries and deaneries
20. Establishment of team ministries
21. Establishment of group ministries
22. Termination and alteration of team ministries
23. Status and duties of new benefice
24. Designation, selection and admission of certain incumbents
25. Operation of schemes dispossessing clergy or dissolving deaneries
26. Compensation of clergy
27. Provisions as to parish churches
28. Redundant churches
29. Places of worship
30. Use of certain churchyards and burial grounds
31. Parsonage houses
32. Provisions as to patronage
33. Provisions as to endowments, income etc.
34. Chapelries
37. Powers exercisable by pastoral order
38. Supplementary provisions of pastoral schemes and orders
39. Amendment and revocation of pastoral schemes and orders
40. Application of Schedule 3 containing supplementary provisions

Part III — Redundant churches

49. Waiting period
50. Procedure for making redundancy schemes
51. Contents of redundancy schemes
54. Redundancy schemes in respect of closed churches
56. Churches not to be closed or disposed of otherwise than under this Measure
57. Amendment of redundancy schemes and provisions
58. Restoration of redundant building to use as a church building
59. Vesting of property
60. Rights of way and other easements
61. Removal of legal effects of consecration of buildings and land
62. Power to impose and enforce covenants
63. Trusts for the repair etc. of redundant buildings and contents
64. Disposal of font, communion table and plate, and other contents
65. Disposal of human remains

Part IV — Miscellaneous, administrative and general

67. Suspension of presentation for period not exceeding 5 years
68. Sequestration of profits etc., during suspension period
69. Restrictions on presentation pending the making of pastoral schemes and orders
70. Modification of Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986 where presentation is suspended or restricted
73. Suspension of new rights of patronage
74. Priest in charge to replace incumbent as trustee of certain charities during vacancy in benefice etc.
75. Induction on one parish church
77. Diocesan pastoral accounts
78. Payment of expenses from diocesan pastoral accounts, and application of other moneys therein
79. Power of Commissioners to determine boundaries
80. Power of Commissioners to determine questions relating to patronage
81. Application to benefices in the patronage of the Crown
82. Patrons who are minors
83. Provisions as to notices and other documents
84. Provisions where there is no parochial church council, incumbent etc.
85. Pluralities not to be authorised except under Measure
86. Meaning of "benefice" and "parish"
87. General interpretation
88. Saving for planning legislation
90. Church etc, affected by Act of Tynwald
92. Transitional provisions
93. Repeals
94. Short title

Schedules

Schedule 2 Appeals to the Clerk of the Rolls
Schedule 3 Supplementary provisions as to pastoral schemes and orders
Schedule 4 Compensation of clergy
Schedule 6 Disposal of human remains
Schedule 7 Sequestration of benefice property during suspension
Schedule 8 Transitional provisions
Schedule 9 Acts of Tynwald repealed

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