(1)Where a person holding the office of diocesan bishop or suffragan bishop wishes to resign his office he shall, after consultation with the archbishop, tender his resignation to the archbishop in a written instrument in the prescribed form.
(2)If the archbishop decides to accept the resignation, he shall, within 28 days of receiving the instrument, by endorsement upon the instrument in the prescribed form declare the bishopric vacant as from a date specified in the endorsement (which shall subject to the provisions of sections 1(3) and 3 of the M1Ecclesiastical Offices (Age Limit) Measure 1975 [F1or regulation 29A of the Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Regulations 2009], be the date proposed by the bishop in the instrument or such later date as may be agreed by the archbishop and bishop concerned); and the instrument shall be filed in the provincial registry.
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F1Words in s. 1(2) inserted (retrospectively) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2018 (No. 7), ss. 6(2)(12), 17(2)(b)
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