Care of Cathedrals (Supplementary Provisions) Measure 1994

SCHEDULE Amendment of Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963

1 The Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963 shall be amended as follows.

2 In section 7 (jurisdiction of Arches and Chancery Courts)—

(a) after subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(1A) Each of the said Courts shall also have jurisdiction to hear and determine appeals from judgments, orders or decrees of the Vicar-General’s court of the province of Canterbury or York, as the case may be.”;

(b) in subsection (2) after the words “consistory court” there shall be inserted the words “or the Vicar-General’s court, as the case may be,”.

3 In section 58 (payment of costs of bishop and promoter by Commissioners) after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted the following paragraph— “ and

(c) any bishop or person designated by a bishop to act on his behalf for the purposes of the Care of Cathedrals (Supplementary Provisions) Measure 1994 in or in relation to or directly or indirectly arising out of legal proceedings authorised, taken or contemplated in the Vicar-General’s court under section 4 of that Measure:”.

4 In section 60 (powers of courts and commissions in regard to costs)—

(a) in subsection (1) after the words “under this Measure” there shall be inserted the words “and the Vicar-General’s court of each of the provinces of Canterbury and York in proceedings instituted under section four of the Care of Cathedrals (Supplementary Provisions) Measure 1994”;

(b) in subsection (2) after the word “court” there shall be inserted the words “(including a Vicar-General’s court)”.

5 In section 62 (payment of expenses of courts, etc.

y Central Board) after the words “section fourteen thereof” there shall be inserted the words “and of the Vicar-General’s court for the purpose of proceedings instituted under section four of the Care of Cathedrals (Supplementary Provisions) Measure 1994”.

6 In section 63 (fees payable in or in connection with proceedings) after the words “under this Measure” there shall be inserted the words “or the Care of Cathedrals (Supplementary Provisions) Measure 1994”.

7 In section 80 (place where courts, etc., are to sit) after the word “Measure” there shall be inserted the words “and the Vicar-General’s court of each of the provinces of Canterbury and York”.

8 In section 81 (evidence and general powers and rights of courts and commissions)—

(a) in subsection (1) after the word “Measure” there shall be inserted the words “and the Vicar-General’s Court of each of the provinces of Canterbury and York”;

(b) in subsection (2) after the words “such court or commission” there shall be inserted the words “or Vicar-General’s court”;

(c) in subsection (4) for the words from “subsection (2)” to the end there shall be inserted the words “section 13(2) of the Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1991 or section 6(1) of the Care of Cathedrals (Supplementary Provisions) Measure 1994 and an injunction under section 13(4) of the former Measure or section 6(3) of the latter Measure”.