Part II

Amendment of other enactments

Deaconesses and Lay Ministry Measure 1972.
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In the Deaconesses and Lay Ministry Measure 1972 after section 1 there shall be inserted—

Provision with respect to licensing for fixed term.
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Without prejudice to section 7(1) of the Church of England (Legal Aid and Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1988, it shall be lawful for the General Synod to provide by Canon for empowering the bishop of a diocese, in the case of a benefice in his diocese in respect of which a team ministry is established,—
a
to grant a licence to any of the persons mentioned in subsection (1) of section 1 above to serve in the area of the benefice for such term of years as may be specified in the licence; and
b
to revoke such a licence summarily and without further process before the expiration of the term so specified for such cause and subject to such conditions as the Canon may provide.
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1972 No. 4.