Incumbents (Vacation of Benefices) Measure 1977

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citationmeasure 1977 No. 1
promote better relations between the incumbent and the parishioners; andremove the causes of their estrangement,(2) The House of Bishops may at any time amend or replace a Code of Practice issued under subsection (1) above by a further Code of Practice issued under that subsection.the incumbent of the benefice to which the parish belongs; orthe archdeacon in whose archdeaconry the parish is; ora majority of not less than two-thirds of the lay members of the parochial church council of the parish present and voting at a duly convened meeting of that council on a resolution that the request be made; orwhere the incumbent mentioned in paragraph (a) above is the archdeacon mentioned in paragraph (b) above, a majority of the members of the bishop’s council and standing committee of the diocesan synod of the diocese in which the parish is.(1A) An enquiry under this Part of this Measure shall only be undertaken after the persons concerned have had an opportunity to resolve the pastoral situation in the parish in question; and, accordingly, a request for such an enquiry shall not be made unless notice of intention to make the request has been given by the person or persons concerned to the bishop of the diocese in which the parish in question is at least six months, and not more than twelve months, before the request is made.(2) A request for such an enquiry F6, and a notice of intention to make it, shall be made or given in writing to the bishop of the diocese in which the parish in question is and the secretary of the diocesan synod of that diocese and F7, in the case of a request, shall contain particulars of the facts which appear to the person or persons making the request to justify an enquiry.be signed by all of those persons and include the address of each of them; andspecify two persons from among those signing the request F9or notice who are willing to act as representatives of those persons in connection with the enquiry F9or notice and indicate which of those two is willing to conduct and receive correspondence relating to the enquiry F9or notice (in this Measure referred to as “the designated representative”) .(4) A request for such an enquiry F10, and a notice of intention to make it, made or given by the persons mentioned in subsection (1) (c) above must also contain a statement that the persons who have signed the request F11or notice constitute a majority of two-thirds or more of those lay members of the parochial church council of the parish in question who were present at a duly convened meeting of that council and voted thereat on a resolution that the request be made F12or the notice be given.(5) A request for such an enquiry F13, and a notice of intention to make it, made or given by the persons mentioned in subsection (1) (d) above must also contain a statement that the persons who have signed the request F14or notice constitute a majority of the members of the bishop’s council and standing committee of the diocesan synod of the diocese in which the parish in question is.the incumbent of the benefice to which the parish in question belongs, unless it was he who made the request F16or gave the notice;the archdeacon in whose archdeaconry that parish is, unless it was he who made the request F16or gave the notice; andthe secretary of the parochial church council of that parish, unless it was the persons mentioned in subsection (1) (c) above who made the request F16or gave the notice.in the case of a request made by the person mentioned in subsection (1) (a) or (b) above, that person;in the case of a request made by the persons mentioned in subsection (1) (c) above, a majority of the lay members of the parochial church

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