Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2014

6 Amendment of Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963

(1) The Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963 (No. 1) is amended as follows.

(2) For section 2(2) there is substituted the following subsection—

“(2) A person appointed to be chancellor of a diocese shall be a person —

(a) who holds or has held high judicial office or the office of Circuit judge, or

(b) has the qualifications required for a person to be appointed a Circuit judge,

and, before appointing a layman, the bishop shall satisfy himself that that person is a communicant.”

(3) For section 3(3) there is substituted the following subsection—

“(3) A person appointed to be Dean of the Arches and Auditor shall be a person who—

(a) holds or has held high judicial office, or

(b) has the qualifications required for a person to be appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal,

and, before appointing a layman, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York shall satisfy themselves that that person is a communicant.”.

(4) This section does not have effect in relation to the appointment of any person who holds office as Dean of the Arches and Auditor or chancellor immediately before this section comes into force.