Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2014

16 Amendment of Dioceses, Pastoral and Mission Measure 2007

(1) The Dioceses, Pastoral and Mission Measure 2007 (No. 1) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 4(3), at the end there are added the following paragraphs—

“(e) the re-naming of a diocesan or suffragan see;

(f) the creation of a new suffragan bishopric.”.

(3) After section 4(3) there is inserted the following subsection—

“(3A) Where a new suffragan bishopric is created under subsection (3) above, the suffragan bishopric shall have effect as if an Order in Council had been made under section 2 of the Suffragans Nomination Act 1888 directing that the town concerned be taken and accepted for the see of a suffragan bishop.”.

(4) For paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 there is substituted the following paragraph—

“2 (1) The Chair and Vice-Chair shall be appointed by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York acting jointly in the following manner—

(a) the Chair shall be appointed with the approval of the General Synod, and

(b) the Vice-Chair shall be appointed from among the members of the House of Clergy and the House of Laity of the General Synod.

(2) Before appointing a lay person to be the Chair the Archbishops shall satisfy themselves that that person is an actual communicant within the meaning of rule 54(1) of the Church Representation Rules contained in Schedule 3 to the Synodical Government Measure 1969.”.

(5) Schedule 2 contains further amendments to the Dioceses, Pastoral and Mission Measure 2007.