Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2000

13Amendment of Consecration of Churchyards Act 1867

In section 1 of the [31 & 32 Vict. c. 47.] Consecration of Churchyards Act 1867—

(a)for the words “lawfully appointed as his commissary” there shall be substituted the words “appointed by him for the purposes of this section”;

(b)for the words “any two clergymen of the diocese” there shall be substituted the words “a clergyman beneficed or licensed to serve in the diocese or by the churchwardens of the church in question”.