Clergy Discipline (Amendment) Measure 2013

9 Amendments and repeals

(1) The minor amendments to the Measure set out in the Schedule have effect.

(2) Section 3 of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963 is amended in accordance with subsections (3) to (6) below.

(3) For subsection (2)(b) and (c) there is substituted the following paragraph—

“(b) for the purposes of proceedings on an appeal under section 20 of the Clergy Discipline Measure 2003, four shall be appointed in accordance with subsections (2) and (3) of that section;”.

(4) Subsection (4) is repealed.

(5) For subsection (5) there is substituted the following subsection—

“(5) The appointment of the Dean of the Arches and Auditor shall be for a period beginning with the date of the appointment and ending with the date on which he attains the age of seventy-five years, but—

(a) he may resign his office by instrument in writing under his hand addressed to, and served on, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York,

(b) he may be removed by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York jointly if the Upper Houses of the Convocations of the provinces of Canterbury and York each resolve that he is incapable of acting or unfit to act, and

(c) he may continue to act as a judge for the purpose of any proceedings in either Court during the course of which he attains the age of seventy-five years as if the date of the conclusion of the proceedings were the date on which he attains that age.”.

(6) In subsection (7), for the words “(b) or (c)” there is substituted the letter “(b)”.

(7) In section 7(2)(a) of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963, after the words “in a disciplinary case,” there are inserted the words “with the leave of the court in accordance with section 20(1A) and (1B) of the Clergy Discipline Measure 2003,”.

(8) In section 10 of the Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 1986, in the definition of “ecclesiastical judges”, after the words “deputy president of tribunals” there are inserted the words “and the chairmen of disciplinary tribunals”.