6(1)A scheme which abolishes a suffragan bishopric shall provide for vacating the office of that bishopric.E
(2)A scheme which provides for abolishing a suffragan bishopric and creating a diocesan bishopric shall provide for vacating the office of that suffragan bishopric.
(3)A scheme which provides for abolishing a diocesan bishopric and creating a suffragan bishopric shall provide for vacating the office of that diocesan bishopric.
(4)Where this paragraph applies the scheme shall provide for rights to compensation in accordance with paragraph 16 below.
(5)Where sub-paragraph (3) above applies the suffragan bishopric shall have effect as if an Order in Council had been made under section 2 of the Suffragans Nomination Act 1888 (51 and 52 Vict. c. 56) directing that the town concerned be taken and accepted for the see of a suffragan bishop.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 2 para. 6 in force at 1.9.2008 by 2008 No. 3, Instrument made by Archbishops