F1SCHEDULE 1PANELS AND TRIBUNALS

Sections 7 and 12A

PART 1GENERAL PANELS

Membership

1

(1)

A panel of twelve persons is to be appointed from among the members of the Lower House of the Convocation of Canterbury by the Standing Committee of that House in such manner as that House may determine.

(2)

A panel of twelve persons is to be appointed from among the members of the Lower House of the Convocation of York by the body of Assessors of that House in such manner as that House may determine.

(3)

A panel of twelve persons is to be appointed from among the members of the House of Laity by the Standing Committee of that House in such manner as that House may determine.

Period of service

2

(1)

An appointment under paragraph 1(1) or (2) is for the lifetime of the Convocation concerned; and an appointment under paragraph 1(3) is for the lifetime of that House of Laity.

(2)

Where a casual vacancy arises, another member of the House concerned is to be appointed in place of the person vacating office, in such manner as that person was appointed, for the remainder of the lifetime of that House.

(3)

A person appointed under paragraph 1 is, when a new House is to be elected, to continue to hold the appointment until the first session of the new House.

PART 2PROVINCIAL TRIBUNALS

Membership

3

(1)

A provincial tribunal is to consist of five persons appointed by the Vicar-General of the province in which the parish in question is situated.

(2)

Of the five persons to be so appointed—

(a)

one, who is to be the chair, shall be—

(i)

the chancellor of a diocese in the province for which the tribunal is to be appointed, other than the diocese in which the parish in question is situated, or

(ii)

a Queen's Counsel who is a communicant member of the Church of England;

(b)

two are to be clerks in Holy Orders from the panel appointed under paragraph 1(1) or (2) for the province concerned;

(c)

two are to be lay persons from the panel appointed under paragraph 1(3).

(3)

But a person may not be appointed under this paragraph if—

(a)

the person is ordinarily resident in the diocese in which the parish in question is situated,

(b)

the person's name is entered on the electoral roll of a parish in that diocese, or

(c)

the person is a clerk in Holy Orders authorised to exercise ministry in a parish in that diocese.

(4)

Where, in the course of an enquiry being conducted by a provincial tribunal, a member of the tribunal other than the chair dies or becomes unable to act as a member by reason of illness or other incapacity, the tribunal may, with the consent of the parties, continue to conduct the enquiry in the absence of that member.

Requirement to constitute tribunals

4

(1)

Where the secretary of a diocesan synod is required to institute an enquiry under this Measure, the secretary shall request the Vicar-General of the province—

(a)

to constitute a provincial tribunal in accordance with paragraph 3, and

(b)

to send the secretary a list of the names and addresses of the proposed members.

(2)

A person appointed to serve as a member of the tribunal from a panel appointed under paragraph 1 may refuse to accept the appointment if, in that person's opinion, it would not be right for that person to serve as a member of the tribunal.

(3)

On receiving the list under sub-paragraph (1)(b), the secretary shall—

(a)

send a copy of it to the incumbent concerned, and

(b)

inform the incumbent of the right of objection under paragraph 5 and the period in which the right may be exercised.

Right of objection

5

(1)

The incumbent may, within three weeks after a list of the proposed members is sent under paragraph 4(3), object to one or more of them by sending the secretary of the diocesan synod a written notice—

(a)

specifying the member or members to whom the incumbent objects, and

(b)

stating, in relation to that member or in relation to each of them, the grounds of objection.

(2)

If notice of objection is duly given under sub-paragraph (1), the secretary shall refer the matter to the Vicar-General of the province other than that for which the tribunal is to be appointed, for the Vicar-General to determine whether the objection is reasonable and should accordingly be allowed; and the Vicar-General's decision is final.

(3)

For the purpose of deciding whether the objection is reasonable, the Vicar-General may require the incumbent to supply such information as the Vicar-General may specify.

(4)

Where the Vicar-General decides that the objection to a member should be allowed, the secretary shall request the Vicar-General mentioned in paragraph 3(1)—

(a)

to appoint another person having the appropriate qualifications to serve in place of that member, and

(b)

to inform the secretary of the name and address of the person appointed.

(5)

On receiving information under sub-paragraph (4)(b), the secretary shall inform the incumbent of the name and address of the person appointed.

(6)

The incumbent may, within three weeks of receiving information under sub-paragraph (5), object to the person appointed by sending the secretary a written notice stating the grounds of objection; and sub-paragraphs (2) to (5) have effect in relation to the notice as if it were a notice given under sub-paragraph (1).

(7)

But the incumbent is not entitled to object under sub-paragraph (6) to a person appointed from a panel appointed under paragraph 1 if, were the objection to be allowed, it would not be possible to constitute the tribunal because there would be no other person on that panel available for appointment as a member of the tribunal.

Circulation of list of members

6

As soon as the provincial tribunal which is to conduct an enquiry has been constituted, the secretary of the diocesan synod shall send a list of the members to—

(a)

the incumbent concerned,

(b)

the archdeacon concerned,

(c)

the designated representative (if any),

(d)

the secretary of the parochial church council of the parish to which the enquiry relates, and

(e)

the secretary of the tribunal (see paragraph 7).

Secretary

7

(1)

The Synodical Secretary of the Convocation of Canterbury, or a person nominated by the Synodical Secretary, shall act as secretary of a tribunal constituted under this Part of this Schedule to conduct an enquiry in relation to a parish in the province of Canterbury.

(2)

The Synodal Secretary of the Convocation of York, or a person nominated by the Synodal Secretary, shall act as secretary of a tribunal so constituted to conduct an enquiry in relation to a parish in the province of York.

PART 3APPEAL PANELS

Introductory

8

Each of the Appeal Panels established under section 12A is to be constituted as follows.

Membership

9

(1)

The Dean of the Arches and Auditor is to be the chair, and the Vicar-General of the province of Canterbury and the Vicar-General of the province of York are to be the deputy chairs.

(2)

Where an appeal is to be held under section 12A, one of those three is to sit on and preside over the appeal.

(3)

But if there is not one of them available to preside over an appeal under that section, a chancellor of a diocese nominated by the Dean of the Arches and Auditor or, in the case of the Dean's absence or illness, by the Vicar-General of the province concerned is to preside.

(4)

Where an appeal is to be held under section 12A, the following persons are to be nominated in the manner described in sub-paragraph (3) to sit on the appeal—

(a)

three persons from the panel appointed under paragraph 1(1) or (2) for the province in question, and

(b)

one person from the panel appointed under paragraph 1(3).

(5)

But a person may not sit on an appeal under section 12A if the person—

(a)

was a member of the provincial tribunal which conducted the enquiry which is the subject of the appeal, or

(b)

was ineligible to be appointed to that tribunal under Part 2 of this Schedule.

Secretary

10

(1)

The registrar of each province must appoint a secretary to the Appeal Panel for that province; and that person may be the registrar.

(2)

The same person may be appointed by both registrars; and the two registrars may agree that one of them is to be the secretary to both Appeal Panels.

Expenses

11

The expenses of an Appeal Panel in connection with an appeal under section 12A are to be paid out of moneys standing to the credit of the diocesan pastoral account of the diocese from which the appeal is brought.

Rules

12

(1)

The Rule Committee may make rules prescribing the procedure on an appeal under section 12A.

(2)

Rules made under sub-paragraph (1) are to be treated for the purposes of section 94 of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018 as having been made under section 83 of that Measure.

PART 4TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Continuation of existing memberships

13

(1)

Each person who, immediately before commencement, was a member of a panel appointed under paragraph 13(1)(b) of Schedule 4 to the Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011 in the form it then took—

(a)

is to become a member of the panel for the province in question under paragraph 1(1) or (2) of this Schedule in its new form, and

(b)

is accordingly to be treated as having been appointed under that provision.

(2)

Each person who, immediately before commencement, was a member of the panel appointed under paragraph 13(1)(c) of Schedule 4 to the Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011 in the form it then took—

(a)

is to become a member of the panel under paragraph 1(3) of this Schedule in its new form, and

(b)

is accordingly to be treated as having been appointed under that provision.

(3)

Each person who, immediately before commencement, was a member of a provincial tribunal under paragraph 1 of this Schedule in the form it then took—

(a)

is to become a member of the provincial tribunal for the province in question under paragraph 3 of this Schedule in its new form,

(b)

is accordingly to be treated as having been appointed under that provision, and

(c)

if the tribunal was conducting an enquiry immediately before commencement, is to continue as a member of the Panel until the determination of the appeal.

(4)

Each person who, immediately before commencement, was a member of an Appeal Panel constituted under section 12A in the form it then took—

(a)

is to become a member of the Appeal Panel for the province in question under section 12A in its new form,

(b)

is accordingly to be treated as having been appointed and nominated in accordance with paragraph 9 of this Schedule in its new form, and

(c)

if an appeal was pending before the Appeal Tribunal immediately before commencement, is to continue as a member of the Panel until the determination of the appeal.

(5)

In this paragraph, “commencement” means the commencement of section 6 of the Mission and Pastoral etc. (Amendment) Measure 2018; and in this paragraph—

(a)

a reference to this Schedule in its new form is a reference to this Schedule as substituted by paragraph 3 of the Schedule to that Measure, and

(b)

a reference to section 12A in its new form is a reference to that section as amended by paragraph 2 of the Schedule to that Measure.

F2Schedule 2 Compensation Under Section 13

1

(1)

If agreement as to the form, amount and conditions of provision of compensation is reached between the person concerned and the diocesan board of finance, it shall be provided in accordance with the terms of the agreement.

(2)

If no agreement is reached as aforesaid, the compensation shall consist of—

(a)

in respect of loss of stipend, a basic award in accordance with paragraph 2 below; and

(b)

in respect of loss of housing and removal expenses, a housing allowance and a resettlement allowance in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4 below.

2

(1)

The basic award shall be in the form of periodical payments which shall be paid monthly to the person concerned during a period commencing on the date when he ceases to be the incumbent of the benefice concerned (“ the material date ”) and expiring at the end of—

(a)

such number of months immediately following the material date as results from adding together—

(i)

one month for each year or part of a year during which the person concerned has served in whole-time stipendiary ecclesiastical serviceF3, in respect of service served up to 31st December 1997 and in pensionable service F4to which the funded scheme applies, in respect of service served after that date; and

(ii)

one month for each year or part of a year which has passed before the material date since the person concerned attained the age of forty years; or

(b)

thirty-six months immediately following the material date,

whichever is the greater:

Provided that where the person concerned has at the material date attained the age of fifty years the payments shall continue, if they would otherwise cease, until he attains an age within five years of the retiring age.

(2)

Such payments shall cease to be payable in respect of the person concerned—

(a)

when he attains the retiring age; or

(b)

if he receives a pension under F5the past service scheme or the funded scheme before attaining that age, on the date on which the pension is first paid; or

(c)

if he re-enters F6service which is pensionable service F7within the meaning of the Funded Scheme rules within the Province of Canterbury (including the Diocese in Europe) or the Province of York, on the date of re-entry.

(3)

Subject to paragraph (5) below, each monthly payment shall be of an amount equal to one-twelfth of the following—

(a)

in the first period of twelve months, the national minimum stipend for the year in which the payment falls to be made;

(b)

in the second period of twelve months, three-quarters of the national minimum stipend for the year in which the payment falls to be made;

(c)

thereafter, two-thirds of the national minimum stipend for the year in which the payment falls to be made.

F8(4)

The period during which a person is in receipt of periodical payments under paragraph 2 shall be deemed to be a period of pensionable service for the purposes of the Funded Scheme rules, but shall not constitute “service” for any other purpose of those rules

3

(1)

The housing allowance shall be in the form of periodical payments which shall be paid monthly to the person concerned during the period in which the basic award is paid under paragraph 2 above.

(2)

Each monthly payment shall be of such amount as may be determined by the diocesan board of finance, and in determining the amount the diocesan board of finance shall consult the Church of England Pensions Board as to its practice where a person retires on grounds of ill-health, and shall have regard to its advice.

4

The resettlement allowance shall be a single payment of an amount equal to three-tenths of the national minimum stipend for the year in which application for compensation was made or such greater amount as the Central Board of Finance of the Church of England may determine.

5

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2) below, if a person who is applying for or receiving payments under paragraph 2(1) or 3(1) above accepts any office or employment, the diocesan board of finance may refuse the application or, as the case may be, may suspend the periodical payments or reduce the amount thereof so as to take account of the emoluments of or other benefits which arise from the office or employment.

(2)

The diocesan board of finance shall not exercise its powers under paragraph (1) above in a manner whereby the total annual amount of the emoluments in question and the periodical payments (if any) would be less than the national minimum stipend.

(3)

It shall be the duty of every person who applies for or receives periodical payments under paragraph 2(1) or 3(1) above to disclose to the diocesan board of finance any office or employment which has been accepted by him and the terms thereof; and if he fails to do so and it appears to the board that in consequence it has made periodical payments which otherwise it would not have made or periodical payments in excess of those it would otherwise have made, it may, without prejudice to its powers under paragraph (1) above, direct the repayment of the amount of the payments or excess or such part thereof as it thinks just, and that amount shall be recoverable as a debt due to the board.

6

An application for compensation shall be made to the diocesan board of finance in such manner as that board may determine; and where a person is incapacitated from making such an application himself that board may authorise some other person to make it on his behalf.

7

The cost of compensation shall be borne by the diocesan board of finance and charged either on the capital or the income account of the diocesan stipends fund, as may be F9determined by the diocesan board of finance F10and, in the case of a person who is in receipt of periodical payments under paragraph 2, the diocesan board of finance is “the responsible body” for the purposes of F11Part 2 of the Church of England Pensions Measure 2018 .

8

(1)

In this Schedule—

compensation” means compensation under section 13 of this Measure;

diocesan board of finance” has the same meaning as in the Pastoral Measure 1983;

F12funded scheme” has the same meaning as in the Church of England Pensions Measure 2018;

national minimum stipend”, in relation to any year, means the national minimum stipend recommended for the stipends of clergymen of incumbent status for that year in the Annual Report of the F13 . . . Central Stipends Authority;

F12past service scheme” has the same meaning as in the Church of England Pensions Measure 2018;

F14...

F15retiring age” has the same meaning as in F16the Church of England Pensions Measure 2018;

stipendiary ecclesiastical service” has the same meaning as in F17the Church of England Pensions Measure 2018, and

F18...

F19(2)

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SCHEDULE CONSTITUTION AND PROCEDURE OF DIOCESAN COMMITTEES AND PROVINCIAL TRIBUNALS

Part I Consitution of Diocesan Committees

1

The members of a diocesan committee of enquiry shall consist of—

(a)

three clerks in Holy Orders nominated in accordance with paragraph 3 below from the persons on the panel of clerks in Holy Orders appointed in accordance with paragraph 2 below; and

(b)

two lay persons so nominated from the persons on the panel of lay persons so appointed.

2

(1)

As soon as practicable after the passing of this Measure and after the next and every subsequent election of diocesan synods—

(a)

the house of clergy of each such synod shall, in such manner as that house may determine, appoint from among the clerks in Holy Orders beneficed in or licensed to any parish in the diocese twelve persons to form the panel of clerks in Holy Orders qualified to be members of a diocesan committee of enquiry for the purposes of this Measure; and

(b)

the house of laity of each such synod shall, in such manner as that house may determine, appoint from among the persons whose names are on the church electoral roll of any parish in the diocese twelve persons to form the panel of lay persons qualified to be members of such a committee.

(2)

Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, persons appointed to any such panel shall hold office for a term ending with the appointment of their successors and, on a casual vacancy among the persons appointed under this paragraph by either house, another person shall be appointed in his place, in such manner as that house may determine, for the remainder of that term.

(3)

If at the date of the making of appointments under this paragraph an enquiry is pending before any such committee, the members of that committee shall continue to be qualified to act as such until the completion of the enquiry.

3

(1)

The secretary of the diocesan synod shall constitute a diocesan committee of enquiry by nominating the requisite number of members from the panels referred to in paragraph 2 above, the nominations to be made in rotation in accordance with the alphabetical order of the surnames of the persons thereon.

(2)

Any person so nominated may refuse to accept the nomination if in his opinion it would not be right for him to serve as a member of the committee which is to conduct the enquiry in question.

(3)

The secretary of the diocesan synod shall send a list of the proposed members to the incumbent concerned and shall inform him of his right of objection under paragraph 4 below and of the period within which the right must be exercised.

4

(1)

The incumbent concerned may, within ten days after a list of the proposed members is sent to him, object to any one or more of them by sending to the said secretary a written notice specifying the member or members to whom he objects and stating, in relation to that member or each of those members, as the case may be, the grounds of his objection.

(2)

If notice of objection is duly given under sub-paragraph (1) above, the said secretary shall refer the matter to the chancellor of the diocese in which the parish in question is situated for him to determine whether the objection is reasonable and should accordingly be allowed, and his decision shall be final.

(3)

For the purpose of enabling him to decide whether the objection is reasonable, the chancellor may require the incumbent to supply him with such information as he may specify.

(4)

Where, in the case of any person objected to by the incumbent, the chancellor decides that the objection should be allowed, the said secretary shall nominate another person from the appropriate panel to serve in place of that member and shall inform the incumbent of the name of the person nominated.

(5)

Subject to sub-paragraph (6) below, the incumbent may within ten days after he is informed of the name of the proposed member nominated under sub-paragraph (4) above object to that member by sending to the said secretary a written notice stating the grounds of his objection, and sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) above shall have effect where notice of objection is duly given under this sub-paragraph as they have effect where such a notice is so given under sub-paragraph (1) above.

(6)

The incumbent shall not be entitled to object to a person nominated under sub-paragraph (4) above if, were the objection to be allowed, the result would be that the committee could not be constituted, there being no other person on the appropriate panel available for nomination as a member of the committee.

5

In the case of an enquiry under Part I of this Measure, the said secretary shall, as soon as the diocesan committee which is to conduct the enquiry has been constituted, send a list of the members to—

(a)

the archdeacon concerned; and

(b)

the designated representative, if any, and

(c)

the secretary of the parochal church council of the parish to which the enquiry relates.

Part II Constitution of Provincial Tribunals

6

(1)

A provincial tribunal shall consist of five persons appointed by the Vicar-General of the province in which the parish in question is situated.

(2)

Of the five persons to be so appointed—

(a)

one, who shall be the chairman, shall be either the chancellor of a diocese in the province for which the tribunal is to be appointed, other than the diocese in which the parish in question is situated, or a Queen’s Counsel who is a communicant member of the Church of England;

(b)

two shall be clerks in Holy Orders beneficed in or licensed to a parish in a diocese in that province other than the diocese aforesaid; and

(c)

two shall be lay persons who are communicant members of the Church of England and who reside in a diocese in that province other than the diocese aforesaid.

7

(1)

Where in accordance with section 5(4) of this Measure an incumbent informs the secretary of the diocesan synod that he elects for an enquiry which concerns him to be conducted by a provincial tribunal, the said secretary shall request the Vicar-General of the province to constitute the tribunal in accordance with paragraph 6 above and to send him a list of the names and addresses of the proposed members.

(2)

On receiving such list the said secretary shall send a copy of it to the incumbent concerned and shall inform him of his right of objection under paragraph 8 below and of the period within which the right must be exercised.

8

(1)

The incumbent concerned may, within three weeks after a list of the proposed members is sent to him, object to any one or more of them by sending to the said secretary a written notice specifying the member or members to whom he objects and stating, in relation to that member or each of those members, as the case may be, the grounds of his objection.

(2)

If notice of objection is duly given under sub-paragraph (1) above, the said secretary shall refer the matter to the Vicar-General of the province, other than the province for which the tribunal is to be appointed, for him to determine whether the objection is reasonable and should accordingly be allowed, and his decision shall be final.

(3)

For the purpose of enabling him to decide whether the objection is reasonable, the Vicar-General may require the incumbent to supply him with such information as he may specify.

(4)

Where, in the case of any member objected to by the incumbent, the Vicar-General decides that the objection should be allowed, the said secretary shall request the Vicar-General mentioned in paragraph 6(1) above to appoint another person having the appropriate qualifications to serve in place of that member and to inform him of the name and address of the person appointed, and on receiving that information the said secretary shall inform the incumbent of the name and address of that person.

(5)

The incumbent may within three weeks after he is informed of the name of the proposed member appointed under sub-paragraph (4) above object to that member by sending to the said secretary a written notice stating the grounds of his objection, and sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) above shall have effect where a notice of objection is duly given under this sub-paragraph as they have effect where such a notice is so given under sub-paragraph (1) above.

9

As soon as the provincial tribunal which is to conduct an enquiry has been constituted the said secretary shall send a list of the members to the incumbent concerned, the persons mentioned in paragraph 5 above and the person who is to act as secretary of the tribunal.

10

The Synodical Secretary of the Convocation of Canterbury or some other person nominated by him shall act as secretary of any tribunal constituted under this Part of this Schedule to conduct an enquiry into the pastoral situation in a parish in the province of Canterbury, and the Synodal Secretary of the Convocation of York or some other person nominated by him shall act as secretary of any tribunal so constituted to conduct an enquiry into the pastoral situation in a parish in the province of York.

Part III Procedure

11

A diocesan committee of enquiry (hereafter referred to as “the committee”) shall elect a chairman and shall apppoint one of its members to act as secretary of the commitee.

12

(1)

Any person may make written representations to the committee or the provincial tribunal (hereafter referred to as “the tribunal”).

(2)

Where any person, other than the incumbent concerned, makes written representations to the committee or tribunal, the incumbent concerned shall be entitled to be supplied with a copy of those representations and within three weeks after such copy is supplied to him to send his comments thereon in writing to the committee or tribunal, as the case may be.

13

(1)

The incumbent concerned shall be entitled to appear before, and to be heard by, the committee or tribunal, to give oral evidence in the proceedings on the enquiry and to call witnesses.

(2)

The committee or tribunal—

(a)

shall, at the written request of any other party to the proceedings on the enquiry, invite any person named in the request to address it or give oral evidence in those proceedings or both; and

(b)

may invite any other person who may in its opinion be able to assist it to address it or give such evidence or both.

(3)

The tribunal may require oral evidence by any person in such proceedings to be given on oath and for that purpose the chairman of the tribunal may administer oaths.

(4)

The incumbent concerned shall be entitled to attend any meeting of the committee or tribunal at which any other person is to give evidence to, or be heard by, the committee or tribunal and, unless represented by counsel or a solicitor, to put questions to that person.

14

(1)

Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) below, the proceedings at any meeting of the committee or tribunal shall be held in private.

(2)

If the incumbent concerned so requests, the proceedings at any meeting of the committee or tribunal, being a meeting at which the committee or tribunal hears him or any other person invited to address it or receives oral evidence, shall be held in public.

(3)

The committee or tribunal by which an enquiry under Part I of this Measure was conducted shall pronounce its findings in public.

15

(1)

Not less than fourteen days’ notice of the date, time and place at which any meeting of the committee or tribunal is to be held, being a meeting at which the committee or tribunal intends to hear any person, to receive oral evidence or to pronounce its findings, shall be given to the bishop, the incumbent concerned, the secretary of the parochial church council of any parish belonging to the benefice of which the incumbent concerned is the incumbent, the archdeacon in whose archdeaconry any such parish is and the designated representative, if any.

(2)

A notice under this paragraph shall state that the person to whom the notice is given and, in the case of a notice given to the designated representative, that the other person specified in the relevant request as being willing to act as a representative of the persons making the request, may attend the meeting to which the notice relates.

(3)

Where the request for an enquiry under Part I of this Measure was made by the persons mentioned in section 1(1)(c) or (d) thereof, none of those persons shall, subject to sub-paragraph (2) above, be entitled to attend any meeting of the committee or tribunal by which the enquiry is being conducted without the consent of the chairman of the committee or tribunal, as the case may be, unless the meeting is one which is held in public by virtue of paragraph 14(2) or (3) above.

16

(1)

If during the course of any enquiry any one member of the committee or tribunal, as the case may be, dies or becomes incapable of acting as such, then, subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, a fresh enquiry shall be instituted unless either—

(a)

before the occurrence of the death or incapacity the committee or tribunal had agreed on its findings and on the recommendations to be made in its report to the bishop under section 9 of this Measure; or

(b)

all the parties to the proceedings on the enquiry consent to the continuation of those proceedings.

(2)

If, in the case of an enquiry conducted by the tribunal, it is the chairman of the tribunal who dies or becomes incapable of acting as such, sub-paragraph 1(b) above shall not apply.

(3)

The findings of the committee or tribunal may be pronounced by a single member of the committee or tribunal, as the case may be.

17

For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule the parties to proceedings on an enquiry are—

(a)

the incumbent concerned;

(b)

the parochial church council of the parish to which the enquiry relates;

(c)

where the request for the enquiry was made by the person mentioned in section 1(1)(b) of this Measure, that person;

(d)

where the request for the enquiry was made by the persons mentioned in section 1(1)(c) or (d) thereof, the persons specified in the request as being willing to act as the representatives of the first mentioned persons.

18

Subject to the provisions of this Measure and of any rules made under section 18 thereof, the procedure of the committee or tribunal at and in connection with its meetings shall be such as the committee or tribunal, as the case may be, may from time to time determine.