Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006

7 Amendment of Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963

(1) The Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963 (1963 No. 1) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In section 2(2) for the words “who has held high judicial office” there shall be substituted the words “holds or has held high judicial office or the office of circuit judge”.

(3) In section 2A(1) and (2) after the word “chancellorships” there shall be inserted the words “or deputy chancellorships”.

(4) In section 4(1A) the words “or any chancellor”, the words “in the former case, and the bishop of the diocese concerned in the latter,” and the words “or deputy chancellor of such diocese as the case may be” shall be omitted and for the words “in respect of which he is appointed to act as deputy” there shall be substituted the words “of Dean of the Arches and Auditor”.

(5) After section 4(1A) there shall be inserted the following subsections—

“(1B) Any chancellor may, with the consent of the bishop of the diocese, appoint, in writing, a fit and proper person to act as deputy chancellor of the diocese and any person so appointed shall have all the powers and perform all the duties of the office of chancellor.

(1C) The appointment of a deputy chancellor appointed under subsection (1B) of this section shall continue so long as the chancellor who appointed the deputy chancellor continues in office and, thereafter, for the period of three months beginning with the date on which the chancellor ceases to hold office or until the deputy chancellor attains the age at which the chancellor would be required to vacate the office of chancellor under section 2(4) of this Measure, whichever is sooner, but a deputy chancellor—

(a) may resign the office of deputy chancellor by notice in writing addressed to the chancellor,

(b) may be removed by the chancellor, after consultation with the bishop, if the chancellor considers that the deputy is incapable of acting or unfit to act, and

(c) may continue to act as chancellor for the purpose of any proceedings or cause of faculty in the consistory court of the diocese during the course of which the deputy chancellor attains the said age or, as the case may be, the three months period referred to above expires, as if the date of the conclusion in the court of those proceedings or that cause, as the case may be, were the date on which that age is attained or, as the case may be, that period has expired.”.