Part IAmendment of Pastoral Measure 1983

3Alteration of team and group ministries

(1)Section 22 of the 1983 Measure (provisions which may be included in pastoral scheme) shall have effect subject to the following amendments.

(2)In subsection (1)—

(a)after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted—

(bb)alter a team ministry by providing for the right of presentation of the rector to be transferred to a patronage board constituted by the scheme or to the diocesan board of patronage;

(bbb)alter a team ministry by providing for the vicars therein to be chosen by the body entitled to present the rector, in accordance with paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 3;;

(b)for paragraph (c) there shall be substituted—

(c)with the consent of the rector or vicar concerned, change the office of a rector in a team ministry from a freehold office to an office held for the specified term of years or alter the term of years for which an office of rector or vicar in a team ministry is held to accord with the specified term of years;;

(c)after paragraph (c) there shall be inserted—

(cc)specify the term of years (for which certain members of a team are to hold office or serve) for the purposes of section 20(2), (3) and (3A);.

(3)At the end there shall be inserted—

(3)In this section “specified term of years” has the same meaning as in section 20..