SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2Contents of Reorganisation Schemes
Provisions relating to abolition of bishoprics
I16
1
A scheme which abolishes a suffragan bishopric shall provide for vacating the office of that bishopric.
2
A scheme which provides for abolishing a suffragan bishopric and creating a diocesan bishopric shall provide for vacating the office of that suffragan bishopric.
3
A scheme which provides for abolishing a diocesan bishopric and creating a suffragan bishopric shall provide for vacating the office of that diocesan bishopric.
4
Where this paragraph applies the scheme shall provide for rights to compensation in accordance with paragraph 16 below.
5
Where sub-paragraph (3) above applies the suffragan bishopric shall have effect as if an Order in Council had been made under section 2 of the Suffragans Nomination Act 1888 (51 and 52 Vict. c. 56) directing that the town concerned be taken and accepted for the see of a suffragan bishop.