Ecclesiastical Offices (Age Limit) Measure 1975
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | measure 1975 No. 2 |
| Year | 1975 |
(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, no person shall be capable of being appointed or presented to an office listed in the Schedule to this Measure if at the time of his appointment or presentation he has attained the age of seventy years.(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to an office in a Royal Peculiar nor to the office of residentiary canon in a cathedral church if the canonry is annexed to a professorship in a university nor to the office of dean of the Cathedral Church of Christ in Oxford.(3) Subject to the following provisions of this Measure, a person who holds an office listed in the Schedule to this Measure shall vacate that office on the day on which he attains the age of seventy years.(3A) Neither subsection (1) nor subsection (3) shall apply to an appointment made or continued in reliance on regulation 29A of the Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Regulations 2009 (cases where person may hold office after attaining the age of 70) .(3B) Neither subsection (1) nor subsection (3) shall apply to an office held under a contract of employment.any person who holds an office in a Royal Peculiar; orany person who holds a residentiary canonry which is annexed to a professorship in a university; orany person who holds the office of dean of the Cathedral Church of Christ in Oxford; orany person who at the commencement of this Measure holds any office listed in the said Schedule unless and until he vacates the office held by him at the said commencement.(5) The foregoing provisions shall have effect notwithstanding anything in any Measure passed before the date of the passing of this Measure, or in any instrument made under such a Measure or in the constitution and statutes of a cathedral church.Where Her Majesty considers that there are special circumstances which make it desirable that a person holding the office of archbishop should continue in that office after the date on which he would otherwise retire in accordance with the foregoing section, She may authorise the continuance in office of that person after that date for such period, not exceeding one year, as She may in her discretion determine. (A1) This section applies only in the case of a person who is holding office otherwise than under Common Tenure.an archbishop considers that there are special circumstances which make it desirable that a person holding the office of diocesan bishop in his province should continue in that office after the date on which he would otherwise retire in accordance with section 1 of this Measure, ora diocesan bishop considers that there are special circumstances which make it desirable that a person holding the office of suffragan bishop, dean,
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