¹ Church of England Convocations Act 1966 (c 2). s 1(1). The Church's legislation is, however, subject to the delays, seemingly inevitable, in establishing a new Ecclesiastical Committee of Parliament. The Churchwardens Measure heads the queue.

² Pensions Measure 1997 (No.1).s 1. For definitions. see s9.

³ These are principally the Church Commissioners and the capitular bodies of cathedral churches: ibid. s4(4).

⁴ Clergy Pensions (Amendment) Measure 1972 (No 5). s 6.

⁵ Church of England Pensions Regulations 1997. S1 1997/1929. reg 9(2).

⁶ Pensions Measure 1997.s4(2).

⁷ Church of England Pensions Regulations 1997. reg 9(1).

⁸ 573 House of Lords Official Report, col 927.

⁹ Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 (c 47). s 6(5).

¹⁰ Ibid, s 22(1).

¹¹ Ibid, s 6(3).(4).

¹² Harries v Church Commissioners for England [1993] 2 All ER 300. [1992] 1 WLR 1241.Google Scholar

¹³ Cf N Richens, in the October 1997 issue of the Newsletter of the Ecclesiastical Law Association.

¹⁴ The Treaty of Amsterdam was signed at Amsterdam on 2 October 1997: see OJ C340. 10.11.97.

¹⁵ This material draws heavily on discussions in the Working Group on relations between the Churches and the European Union of the European Ecumenical Commission on Church and Society (EECCS). of which I am a member.

¹⁶ This was not intended to ‘freeze’ matters: it allows for the position to change under the normal processes of a national legal system. The devolution of some powers to the future Scottish Parliament may provide an illustration, although constitutional matters (including, it would seem, the constitutional protection of the Church of Scotland) will remain matters for the Westminster Parliament.

¹⁷ The French text has également.

¹⁸ All the Articles in the EC Treaty (the Treaty of Rome) and of the Treaty on European Union are to be renumbered in consequence of the Treaty of Amsterdam. Article F of the Treaty on European Union will become art 6.

¹⁹ ibid., art L(d) (to become art 46(d)).

²⁰ EC Treaty, art 3(2). The numbering of art 3 is unchanged in the consolidated text.

²¹ ibid., art 3(1)(h).

²² ibid., art 6a (to become art 13).