1. Pastoral Schemes and Orders What’s New? Peter Wagon Church Commissioners

2. Moving Forward in Mission conferences – Spring 2008 And what isn’t… Much is not changing –Diocesan consultations –Consideration of Representations and the Appeal procedure –Making Schemes and Orders

3. Moving Forward in Mission conferences – Spring 2008 Seeing Double – Two Part Ones Pastoral Church Buildings Schemes –S28, s46 and s47 Schemes –S54 Orders –Commissioners draft and publish Pastoral Schemes and Orders –All others –Commissioners validate –Dioceses draft and publish

4. Moving Forward in Mission conferences – Spring 2008 Less Interested Parties Less is less –LPAs are no longer statutory interested parties except for Pastoral Church Building Schemes Or possibly just Less Interested –Deemed consent for s14 orders

5. Moving Forward in Mission conferences – Spring 2008 Drafting Dioceses to draft Schemes and Orders (except PCBSs) Commissioners will still draft if you wish Guidance notes –Manual and on-line drafting tools

6. Moving Forward in Mission conferences – Spring 2008 Drafting (2) Skeletons Precedents Legal Opinions

7. Moving Forward in Mission conferences – Spring 2008 Designating Incumbents Designating an Incumbent where a benefice is enlarged by a transfer of parish(es) –Simpler drafting Selecting incumbents for team and group ministries –Consistent with new benefices

8. Moving Forward in Mission conferences – Spring 2008 Team Ministry Patronage Team Vicars and Team Rector now members of the Patronage Board –Makes drafting easier Team Council now exercises parish representatives function in relation to Team Vicars –In line with procedure for Team Rector

9. Moving Forward in Mission conferences – Spring 2008 Validation Three elements –In the correct form –Within the powers of the Bishop and DMPC –Procedures under sections 3 and 4 followed NB other consents may also be needed

10. Moving Forward in Mission conferences – Spring 2008 Publication Statutory notices and newspaper notices Extension of notice period Representations to the Commissioners

11. Moving Forward in Mission conferences – Spring 2008 Making Schemes and orders Schemes made by Commissioners Orders made by Bishops

12. Moving Forward in Mission conferences – Spring 2008 Transmission of Schemes and Orders Over to you!

13. Moving Forward in Mission conferences – Spring 2008 Other changes Assistant Curates –Call them what you like –Can be given special responsibilities Suspension of Presentation –Can now re-suspend if forget to renew

14. Moving Forward in Mission conferences – Spring 2008 Transitional Provisions I’ve started so I’ll finish –If s3 consultations have begun before 11 June proceed as if DPMM not passed –Schemes made but not revoked treated as made under amended provisions DPC and DRCUC continue until a new DMPC established