Priests (Ordination of Women) Measure 1993 (No. 2) No. 2

SCHEDULES

Section 12(5).

SCHEDULE 4 Application to the Isle of Man.

• In its application to the Isle of Man, this Measure shall have effect as if—

  (a)

  in section 2(4), paragraphs (b), (c) and (h) were omitted;

  (b)

  in section 3—

  (i)

  in subsection (5), for paragraphs (e) and (f) there were substituted—

  “(e) the patron of the benefice”;

  (ii)

  for subsections (7), (8), (9) and (10) there were substituted—

  “(7) Where a chapelry or part of a chapelry is situated within the boundary of a parish, the functions of the parochial church council under this section shall be exercised by the parochial church council of the parish (excluding the chapelry or part thereof) and the parochial church council of the chapelry acting jointly, in accordance with rules made for the purpose of this subsection by the standing committee of the diocesan synod.

  (8) In this section—

  • “chapel” means a chapel for the time being specified in Part I of Appendix III to Schedule 3 to the Synodical Government Measure 1969 as that Schedule has effect in the Isle of Man (“the Isle of Man Church Representation Rules”);

  • “chapelry” means a district assigned to a chapel in accordance with the Isle of Man Church Representation Rules;

  • “parish” means an ecclesiastical parish.”;

  (c)

  section 4 (together with Schedule 2) were omitted;

  (d)

  in section 5, the word “or” (where it appears after paragraph (b)) and paragraph (c) were omitted;

  (e)

  section 6 were omitted;

  (f)

  for section 7 there were substituted—

  “7 Sections 2 and 3 shall apply to a benefice the patronage of which is vested in or exercisable by Her Majesty as they apply in relation to any other benefice.”;

  (g)

  in section 8, for the definition of “benefice” there were substituted— ““benefice” includes the office of incumbent of the parish of German, but does not include any other office in the cathedral church of St German;

  (h)

  in Schedule 3, paragraphs 1, 2 3(a) and 10, 11, 12 and 13 were omitted.