Valid from 01/09/2008
21Power of Commissioners to pay stipend, etc. of certain bishopsE
Where a new bishopric is founded and a new diocese created by a reorganisation scheme, the Commissioners shall have power—
(a)to pay out of their general fund to the bishop of that diocese, and to any suffragan bishop thereof, such a stipend and such annual sum in respect of the expenses incurred by him in connection with the performance of the duties attaching to his office as they think fit; and
(b)to provide the bishop of that diocese with a suitable residence;
but before exercising the power conferred on them by paragraph (b) above the Commissioners shall consult the bishop's council and standing committee of the diocesan synod of that diocese.