Part IE The Ecclesiastical Judicial System

The Judges of the Courts constituted by this MeasureE

F12 Judge of consistory court.E

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F22A Number of chancellorships to be held by one person may be limited.E

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3 Judges of the Arches and Chancery Courts.E

(1)The judges of the Arches Court of Canterbury and the Chancery Court of York respectively [F3for the purposes of proceedings on an appeal under section 20 of the Clergy Discipline Measure 2003] shall be [F4as set out in subsection (2) of this section], but proceedings which, by virtue of the following provisions of this Measure, are cognisable by either of those Courts shall be heard and disposed of by such of the judges thereof as may be determined in accordance with those provisions.

(2)Of the judges of each of the said Courts—

[F5(a)one shall be the Dean of the Arches and Auditor;

(b)four shall be appointed in accordance with section 20(2) and (3) of the Clergy Discipline Measure 2003.]

F6(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F7(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F8(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F7(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F7(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(7)[F9A person appointed under paragraph [F10 (b)] of subsection (2) of this section] to hold the office of judge of either of the said Courts shall, before he enters on the execution of his office,—

(a)take F11... [F12the oaths set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this Measure] either before the archbishop of the relevant province and in the presence of the registrar of that province or in open court in the presence of that registrar; . . . F13

(b) . . . F14

(8)A provincial registrar shall record the taking F13... F15..., of an oath F13... in his presence in pursuance of [F16subsection (7)].

Textual Amendments

F174 Appointment of deputy judges.E

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F185 Judges of the Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved.E

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