(1)[F1Subject to subsection (1A) below,]It shall be lawful for the General Synod to make provision by Canon with respect to the revocation by the bishop of a diocese of licences granted to ministers, deaconesses, lay workers and readers, and with respect to appeals from any such revocation.
[F2(1A)(a)In the case of a deacon to whom section 20(3A) of the Pastoral Measure 1983 applies, a licence shall not be revoked by a bishop unless the bishop is satisfied that there has been a serious breakdown of the pastoral relationship between that deacon and the parishioners concerned or he is unable by reason of age or infirmity to discharge his pastoral duties adequately.
(b)In this subsection the reference to a serious breakdown of the pastoral relationship between a deacon and the parishioners concerned shall be construed in accordance with section 19A of the Incumbents (Vacation of Benefices) Measure 1977.]
(2)The following provisions of the M1 Pluralities Act 1838 shall cease to have effect—
(a)in section 97 (penalty for licensed curate who quits curacy without notice) the words from “upon pain of paying to the bishop” to the end of the section; and
(b)section 98 (licences of curates employed by non-resident incumbents and revocation of such licences).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 7(1) inserted (1.5.1996) by 1995 No. 1, s. 15(a); Instrument dated 12.2.1996 made by Archbishops of Canterbury and York
F2S. 7(1A) inserted (1.5.1996) by 1995 No. 1, s. 15(b); Instrument dated 12.2.1996 made by Archbishops of Canterbury and York
Marginal Citations