(1)The appointment of a person to be the vicar general of a province or diocese does not cease to have effect by reason only that a vacancy in the archiepiscopal or diocesan see is terminated and the appointment has not previously been confirmed.
(2)The appointment of a person to be a surrogate does not cease to have effect by reason only of the occurrence of a vacancy in the office of vicar general of the diocese by whom the surrogate was appointed.
(3)A vacancy in the see of Canterbury or York does not affect the jurisdiction of the court of the vicar general or the discharge by the judges, members or officers of the court of any of its or their functions.
(4)Without prejudice to subsection (1), a vacancy in an archiepiscopal or diocesan see does not affect the discharge by the vicar general or by a surrogate of the vicar general of the functions of the vicar general or surrogate.