Where a bishopric is declared vacant under section 3 F1..., the bishop F1... shall be treated for the purposes of sections 1 of the M1 Clergy Pensions Measure 1961 as having retired on the ground of infirmity on the date from which the bishopric F1... is declared vacant.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 7 repealed (31.1.2011) by Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Measure 2009 (No. 1), ss. 3(7), 13(2), Sch. 3 (with s. 9); 2010 No. 8, art. 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 7 restricted (31.1.2011) by Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Measure 2009 (No. 1), ss. 3(8), 13(2) (with s. 9); 2010 No. 8, art. 2
Marginal Citations
(1)Where a bishopric or archbishopric has been declared vacant under this Measure, any other preferment held by the bishop or archbishop shall also be vacated unless in the case of a bishopric the archbishop, or in the case of an archbishopric Her Majesty, declares that it shall not be vacated.
(2)Any such declaration shall be made in the written instrument, endorsement or Order in Council declaring the bishopric or archbishopric vacant.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2S. 8 extended (31.1.2011) by Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Measure 2009 (No. 1), ss. 3(9), 13(2) (with s. 9); 2010 No. 8, art. 2
No fee shall be prescribed under the M2 Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 1962 in respect of any specific duty imposed on any legal officer by virtue of the provisions of this Measure; in this section “legal officer” has the same meaning as in the Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 1962.
Marginal Citations
(1)In this Measure the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them unless the context otherwise requires, that is to say:— “archbishop” in relation to any diocesan bishop means the archbishop of the province in which his diocese is situated and in relation to any suffragan bishop means the archbishop of the province in which the diocese of the bishop to whom he is suffragan is situated ; “medical examination” means an examination into the physical or mental abilities of the person demanding the examination by a medical practitioner agreed on between that person and the person or persons requesting his resignation or, failing such agreement, appointed by the President of the Royal College of Physicians; “preferment” includes an archbishopric, a bishopric, archdeaconry, deanery or office in a cathedral or collegiate church, and a benefice, and every curacy, lectureship, readership, chaplaincy, office or place which requires the discharge of any spiritual duty ; “prescribed” means prescribed by the Vicars-General of the provinces of Canterbury and York acting jointly.
(2)In this Measure the expression “diocesan bishop” shall not include an archbishop.
(3)The powers exercisable by an archbishop under this Measure shall, during the absence abroad or incapacity through illness of the archbishop or a vacancy in the see, be exercisable by the archbishop of the other province.
(4)For the purposes of this Measure, the seniority of a diocesan bishop after the Bishops of London and Winchester in the province of Canterbury and after the Bishop of Durham in the province of York shall be determined by length of service as a diocesean bishop within the provinces except that any diocesan bishop who by reason of illness or absence is unable to act or whose retirement is in question shall be disregarded.
(1)In section 3(1) of the M3Ecclesiastical Offices (Age Limit) Measure 1975 there shall be added at the end the words “except that a diocesan bishop may exercise his powers under this subsection in relation to a suffragan bishop only after consultation with the archbishop of the province.”
F2(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F2S. 11(2) repealed (1.5.2008) by Dioceses, Pastoral and Mission Measure 2007 (No. 1), s. 66(2), Sch. 7; 2008 No. 1, Instrument made by Archbishops
Marginal Citations
(1)Any rule of law or custom with respect to the resignation or retirement of an archbishop or a bishop is hereby abrogated.
(2)The enactments specified in the Schedule to this Measure are hereby repealed to the extent specified in column 3 of that Schedule.
(1)This Measure may be cited as the Bishops (Retirement) Measure 1986.
(2)This Measure shall extend to the whole of the provinces of Canterbury and York.
(3)This Measure shall come into force on such day as the Archbishops of Canterbury and York may jointly appoint.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3Power of appointment conferred by s. 13(3) fully exercised: 1.6.1986 appointed by Instrument dated 30.5.1986