7 Provisions as to licences of ministers, deaconesses, lay workers and readers.E
(1)[F1Subject to subsection (1A) below,]It shall be lawful for the General Synod to make provision by Canon with respect to the revocation by the bishop of a diocese of licences granted to [F2deaconesses, lay workers and readers who are not subject to common tenure], and with respect to appeals from any such revocation.
F3(1A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2)The following provisions of the M1 Pluralities Act 1838 shall cease to have effect—
(a)in section 97 (penalty for licensed curate who quits curacy without notice) the words from “upon pain of paying to the bishop” to the end of the section; and
(b)section 98 (licences of curates employed by non-resident incumbents and revocation of such licences).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 7(1) inserted (1.5.1996) by 1995 No. 1, s. 15(a); Instrument dated 12.2.1996 made by Archbishops of Canterbury and York
F2Words in s. 7(1) substituted (31.1.2011) by Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Measure 2009 (No. 1), s. 13(2), Sch. 2 para. 19 (with s. 9); S.I. 2010/8, art. 2
F3S. 7(1A) repealed (31.1.2011) by Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Measure 2009 (No. 1), s. 13(2), Sch. 3 (with s. 9); S.I. 2010/8, art. 2
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