(1)The office of churchwarden of a parish shall be vacated if—
(a)the name of the person concerned is removed from the church electoral roll of the parish under rule 1 of the Church Representation Rules; or
(b)the name of the person concerned is not on a new church electoral roll of the parish prepared under rule 2(4) of those Rules; or
(c)the churchwarden becomes disqualified under section 2(1), (2) or (3) above.
(2)For the purposes of this section a person who has been chosen for the office of churchwarden but has not yet been admitted to that office shall be deemed to hold that office, and the expressions “office” and “churchwarden” shall be construed accordingly.