Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986

10(1)There shall be a committee to be known as the Patronage (Appeals) Committee which shall consist of—E

  • the Dean of the Arches and Auditor or, if the Dean nominates the Vicar-General of the Province of Canterbury, or the Vicar-General of the Province of York to act in his place, the Vicar-General so nominated;

  • one chancellor and one diocesan registrar nominated jointly by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York; and

  • two persons nominated by the Standing Committee.

(2)Any three members of the Patronage (Appeals) Committee, one of whom shall be the Dean of the Arches and Auditor or the Vicar-General nominated by the Dean under sub-paragraph (1) above, may exercise all the powers of the Committee.