Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018

29 Provincial registrar: deputy etc.

(1) The registrar of a province may, with the consent of the archbishop of the province, appoint a fit and proper person to act as deputy registrar of the province for such period or for such purpose as is specified in the instrument of appointment.

(2) A person appointed as deputy under subsection (1) has the same powers and duties as the registrar; but, in the case of an appointment for a specified purpose, the reference to having those powers and duties is a reference to having them for that purpose only.

(3) Where the registrar of a province ceases to hold that office, a person appointed as deputy under subsection (1) ceases to hold that office when a new registrar is appointed.

(4) Subsection (5) applies if—

(a) in the opinion of the archbishop, the registrar of the province is for any reason unable or unwilling to exercise the duties of registrar or it would be inappropriate for him or her to exercise them, and

(b) there is no person appointed as deputy under subsection (1) able to perform those duties.

(5) The archbishop may request the registrar of the other province to appoint a fit and proper person to perform the duties for such period as is specified in the instrument of appointment.

(6) A person appointed under subsection (5) has the same powers and duties as the registrar referred to in subsection (4).

(7) Before the appointment of a person as deputy registrar of a province is made, the archbishop of the province must consult the Archbishops’ Council if the person would, in acting under that appointment, be exercising functions of the description given in section 28(8).