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Bishops (Retirement) Measure 1986
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6 Retirement of archbishop in case of disability.E
(1)Where it appears to the two senior bishops of the province that the archbishop of that province is incapacitated by physical or mental disability from the due performance of his duties, the two senior bishops may, with the concurrence of the archbishop of the other province and subject to subsection (2) below, request the archbishop to tender his resignation to Her Majesty in a written instrument in the prescribed form, and Her Majesty, on receiving the resignation, may by Order in Council declare the archbishopric vacant as from a date specified in the Order.
(2)Before making any such request the two senior bishops shall send to the archbishop notice of their intention to do so, and if within 15 days after receiving such notice or within such extended period as the two senior bishops may allow the archbishop sends to the two senior bishops a demand for a medical examination, the two senior bishops shall not request the archbishop to tender his resignation until the report of the medical examination has been considered by the two senior bishops and the archbishop of the other province.
(3)The expenses of the medical examination shall be defrayed by the Church Commissioners.
(4)If the archbishop to whom a request has been made by the two senior bishops under this section refuses or fails within two months of the receipt of the request to tender his resignation or is prevented by his infirmity from so doing, the two senior bishops may with the concurrence of the archbishop of the other province petition Her Majesty to declare the archbishopric vacant.
(5)Upon receiving any such petition Her Majesty may by Order in Council, declare the archbishopric vacant as from a date specified in the Order.
(6)The date from which an archbishopric may be declared vacant by an Order in Council under subsection (1) or (5) above shall not be earlier than the date of the Order.
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