Overseas and Other Clergy (Ministry and Ordination) Measure 1967
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | measure 1967 No. 3 |
| Year | 1967 |
(1) If any overseas clergyman desires to officiate as priest or deacon in the province of Canterbury or York, he may apply to the Archbishop of the province in which he desires to officiate for written permission to do so.(2) The Archbishop may, on any such application, grant the permission either without limitation of time or, if he thinks fit, for a limited period specified in the permission, and thereupon, subject to any such limitation of period, the overseas clergyman shall possess all such rights and advantages and be subject to all such duties and liabilities as he would have possessed and been subject to if he had been ordained by the bishop of a diocese in the province of Canterbury or York (otherwise than under section 5 of this Measure) .(3) Where a permission is granted for a limited period, a further permission, either temporary or permanent, may be granted by the Archbishop of the same province.(4) Any permission F3or any instrument under subsection (5A) revoking a permission granted under this section shall be registered in the registry of the province.(5) An application for a permission under this section shall be made on a form approved by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York.the clergyman is a freehold incumbent or, at that time, holds office under Common Tenure, orthe matter which constitutes a good and reasonable cause is a matter for which a censure of deprivation under section 49(1) (a) of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963 or a penalty under section 24(1) (a) , (c) or (d) of the Clergy Discipline Measure 2003 or a penalty of removal from office or prohibition for life under section 30 or 31 of that Measure could be, but has not been, imposed.(6) It shall be an offence against the laws ecclesiastical, for which proceedings may be taken under F4the Clergy Discipline Measure 2003 for any overseas clergyman to officiate as priest or deacon in the province of Canterbury or York otherwise than in accordance with a permission granted under this section, and for any clergyman knowingly to allow such an offence to be committed in any church in his charge.(7) Nothing in this section shall prevent an overseas clergyman who is a deacon from being ordained priest by the bishop of a diocese in the province of Canterbury or York (otherwise than under section 5 of this Measure) , and the last foregoing subsection shall not apply in any such case.(1) Without prejudice to section 1 of this Measure, the Archbishop of either province may, by an instrument in writing, grant, in accordance with the following provisions of this section, a general permission to overseas clergymen to officiate as priest or deacon in that province.the class or description of overseas clergymen to which it relates,the functions, or class or description of functions, which any clergyman may exercise in accordance with the permission, andthe duration of the permission.(3) A permission granted under this section may be for an indefinite period or for such period as is specified in the permission and, where it is granted for a limited period, may be extended by a further permission, either for an indefinite or for a limited period.(4) A clergyman may not, in accordance with any permission granted under this section, solemnize or publish the banns of a marriage.(5) The Archbishop of either province may, at any time, amend or revoke a permission granted by him under this section by a further instrument in writing.(6) No overseas clergyman may hold office under Common Tenure, unless he has a permission to officiate under section 1 of this Measure.be in the same position as if he had been granted permission to officiate under section 1 of this Measure, andfor the duration of the permission, possess the same rights and advantages, and be subject to all such duties and liabilities, as he would have possessed and been subject to if he had been ordained by a bishop in a diocese in the province of Canterbury or York (otherwise than under section 5 of this Measure) .(8) Section 1(4) of this Measure shall apply to a permission granted under this section or an instrument amending or revoking such a permission as it applies to a permission granted or any instrument revoking a permission under that section and the reference in section 1(6) to a permission granted under that section shall include a reference to a permission granted under this section.
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