PART 2

LEGAL OFFICERS

Registrars: term of office
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1
The term of a person’s appointment as registrar of a province or diocese ends with the day on which the person reaches—
a
the age of 70, or
b
such lower age as the House of Bishops may specify in regulations.
2
Provision made in regulations under subsection (1)(b) does not apply to a person who, at the date on which the provision comes into force, is the holder of an office to which the provision applies.
3
The registrar of a province may resign the office by instrument in writing signed by him or her and addressed to, and served on, the archbishop of the province.
4
The registrar of a diocese may resign the office by instrument in writing signed by him or her and addressed to, and served on, the bishop of the diocese.
5
An instrument of the kind referred to in subsection (3) or (4) must specify the date on which the resignation is to take effect; and that date must be—
a
at least twelve months after the service of the instrument, or
b
such earlier date as the archbishop or bishop in question may allow.
6
The archbishop of a province may, with the consent of the other archbishop, terminate the appointment of a person as registrar of the province; the power is exercisable by instrument in writing signed by the archbishop and addressed to, and served on, the person.
7
The bishop of a diocese may, with the consent of the archbishop of the province in which the diocese is situated, terminate the appointment of a person as registrar of the diocese; the power is exercisable by instrument in writing signed by the bishop and addressed to, and served on, the person.
8
An instrument of the kind referred to in subsection (6) or (7) must specify the date on which the termination is to take effect; and that date must be at least twelve months after the service of the instrument.
9
Regulations under this section—
a
must be laid before the General Synod, and
b
may not come into force unless they have been approved by the Synod.