2EA scheme by which a new bishopric is to be founded and a new diocese is created shall specify the see of the bishop of the diocese and provide for—
(a)constituting the bishop of the diocese a corporation sole and investing him with all such rights, privileges and jurisdictions as are possessed by any other diocesan bishop in England;
(b)subjecting the bishop to the metropolitan jurisdiction of one of the archbishops; and
(c)the election of a bishop of the diocese.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 1.9.2008 by 2008 No. 3, Instrument made by Archbishops