Benefices Measure 1972

2 Extent and application.U.K.

(1)This Measure extends to the whole of the provinces of Canterbury and York, except the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, but may be applied to the Channel Islands or either of them, as defined in the M1Channel Islands (Church Legislation) Measures 1931 and M21957, in accordance with those Measures.

(2)This Measure applies to benefices in the patronage of the Crown or the Duchy of Cornwall.

(3)References in section 1 of this Measure to the previous holding of a benefice or the office of vicar in a team ministry and to experience as a full-time parochial minister shall be construed as applying to any benefice or any such office and any parish in the provinces of Canterbury and York and to any benefice (or corresponding office) and any parish in the Church in Wales, the Church of Ireland or the Episcopal Church of Scotland.

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