Dioceses Commission
3 Preparation, etc. of reorganisation schemes by the Commission.
1
It shall be the duty of the Commission to prepare and make schemes in accordance with sections 5 and 6 of this Measure, and a scheme made under the said section 6 and confirmed by Order in Council under section 7 is referred to in this Measure as a “reorganisation scheme”.
2
A reorganisation scheme may make provision for one or more of the following purposes:—
a
the foundation of a new bishopric with a diocese constituted from existing dioceses and, if necessary, the dissolution of an existing diocese and the abolition of the bishopric thereof;
b
the transfer of the whole of the area of any diocese to another diocese and the dissolution of the first mentioned diocese and the abolition of the bishopric thereof;
c
the transfer of parts of the area of any diocese to other dioceses and, if necessary, the dissolution of the first mentioned diocese and the abolition of the bishopric thereof;
d
the transfer of a diocese from one province to the other.
3
The Schedule to this Measure, which sets out the provisions which must or may be made by a reorganisation scheme, shall have effect.