PART 2LEGAL OFFICERS
I130Diocesan registrar: continuation
1
For each diocese, there is to continue to be an office the holder of which is known as the registrar of the diocese; and the holder of that office is also the legal adviser to the bishop of the diocese.
2
The registrar of a diocese is appointed by the bishop of the diocese.
3
Before making an appointment under subsection (2), the bishop must consult the bishop's council and standing committee of the diocesan synod.
4
The registrar of a diocese must exercise the functions conferred or imposed by or under an enactment or Canon on the registrar or on the registrar of the consistory court of the diocese.
5
The office of registrar of a diocese may be held by two persons jointly; but either of those persons may exercise any of the functions referred to in subsection (4).
6
The reference in subsection (4) to functions conferred or imposed on the registrar includes a reference to any function which—
a
had been exercisable by the bishop's legal secretary before the abolition of that office under section 6(4) of the Ecclesiastical Judges and Legal Officers Measure 1976, and
b
was exercisable by the registrar by virtue of section 4(2) of that Measure immediately before the commencement of this section.