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18 Amendment of Benefices Act 1898.U.K.
(1)Section 3 of the Benefices Act 1898 (appeal against refusal to institute) shall have effect subject to the following amendments—
(a)in subsection (1) for the words from “require that the matter” to the end of the subsection there shall be substituted the words “appeal to the archbishop and the Dean of the Arches and Auditor who shall decide whether to uphold the bishop’s refusal or direct him to institute or admit the presentee”.
(b)for subsections (2) and (3) there shall be substituted the following subsection—
“(2)Any proceedings on an appeal under this section shall be held in public and any party to such proceedings shall be entitled to appear by counsel or a solicitor.”
(c)in subsection (4) for the words “judgment of the court” there shall be substituted the words “decision of the archbishop and Dean”;
(d)for subsection (6) there shall be substituted the following subsections—
“(6)The Dean of the Arches and Auditor may nominate a chancellor to hear, in his place, an appeal under this section with the archbishop, and where any such nomination is made any reference in subsection (1) or (4) above to the Dean shall be construed accordingly.
(7)In this section ”the archbishop’ means the archbishop of the province in which the benefice is or, where the benefice is in the diocese of the archbishop of that province or the archbishopric of that province is vacant or the archbishop is patron of that benefice, the archbishop of the other province.”
(2)For section 11 of that Act (rules) there shall be substituted the following section—
“11 Rules.
The Patronage (Appeals) Committee constituted under Schedule 1 to the Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986 shall have power to make rules—
(a)prescribing anything to be prescribed under this Act,
(b)regulating the procedure and practice on or in connection with proceedings on an appeal under section 3 of this Act including, without prejudice to the generality of the preceding provision, rules regulating matters relating to costs, fees and expenses in respect of any such proceedings.”
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