Ecclesiastical Judges and Legal Officers Measure 1976 (repealed)

3 Office of registrar of a province. E

(1) For each of the provinces there shall be an office the holder of which shall be known as the registrar of the province of Canterbury or the registrar of the province of York, as the case may be, and the holder of that office shall also be the legal adviser to the archbishop of the province.

(2) The registrar of a province shall perform the functions conferred or imposed by or under any enactment or Canon on such registrar or on the registrar of the provincial court and the functions previously performed by the archbishop’s legal secretary.

(3) The registrar of a province shall be appointed by the archbishop of the province, . . . F1

(4) The office of registrar of a province may be held by two persons jointly, but either of those persons may perform any of the functions mentioned in subsection (2) above.

[F2 (4A) 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 and for such purpose as may be specified in the instrument of appointment; and during that period and for that purpose a person so appointed shall have all the powers and duties of the registrar.

(4B) Where the registrar of a province ceases to hold that office, a person appointed to act as deputy registrar under subsection (4A) above shall cease to hold that office when a new registrar is appointed.

(4C) If, in the opinion of the archbishop of the province concerned, the registrar of the province is for any reason unable or unwilling to perform the duties of a registrar or it would be inappropriate for him to perform those duties and there is no person appointed to act as deputy registrar under subsection (4A) above able to perform those duties, the archbishop may request the registrar of the other province to appoint a fit and proper person to perform those duties for such period as the instrument of appointment may specify; and during that period a person so appointed shall have all the powers and duties of the registrar of the first-mentioned province.]

[F3 (5) Where any person to be appointed to such office [F4 or to act as deputy registrar] is to perform such of the functions mentioned in subsection (2) above as consist of functions conferred or imposed on the registrars of the General Synod or either of them or functions relating to or connected with the election or choice of members of the Convocation of Canterbury or York or the House of Laity of the General Synod, the archbishop by whom that person is to be appointed shall before making the appointment consult the standing committee of the General Synod.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words repealed by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1983 (No. 2, SIF 21:3), s. 6(1)

F2 S. 3(4A)-(4C) inserted (1.3.1993) by Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1991 (No. 1, SIF 21:8), s. 9, Sch. 5 para. 2(a) (with s. 31(6));Instrument dated 16.2.1993 made by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York.

F3 S. 3(5) inserted by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1983 (No. 2, SIF 21:3), s. 6(2)

F4 Words in s. 3(5) inserted (1.3.1993) by Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1991 (No. 1, SIF 21:8), s. 9, Sch. 5 para. 2(b) (with s. 31(6)); Instrument dated 16.2.1993 made by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York.