The Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2017/316 |
| Year | 2017 |
2017 No. 316
Ecclesiastical Law, England
The Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
Made (sealed by the Archbishops’ Council) 7th March 2017
Laid before Parliament 14th March 2017
Coming into force 1st July 2017
The Archbishops’ Council, in exercise of the power conferred by section 2 of the Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Measure 20091, makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) (Amendment) Regulations 2017.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 1st July 2017.
Holding office beyond the age of 70
2.—(1) After regulation 29 of the Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Regulations 20092(“the 2009 Regulations”) insert—
“Holding office beyond the age of 70
29A.—(1) A person who holds or is to hold office under Common Tenure and has attained the age of 70 years may be appointed, or may have his or her appointment continued, for a fixed term or under terms which provide for the appointment to be terminated on the occurrence of a specified event if the person occupies a post by virtue of a direction given under this regulation.
(2) An archbishop may give a direction for a person holding the office of diocesan bishop in the archbishop’s province who has attained the age of 70 years to continue to hold that office for the period specified in the direction.
(3) A diocesan bishop may, with the concurrence of the archbishop in whose province the diocese is situated, give a direction for a person holding the office of suffragan bishop or dean in the diocese who has attained the age of 70 years to continue to hold that office for the period specified in the direction.
(4) A diocesan bishop may give a direction for a person holding the office of residentiary canon or archdeacon in the diocese who has attained the age of 70 years to continue to hold that office for the period specified in the direction.
(5) A diocesan bishop may give a direction for a person who has attained the age of 70 years to hold or to continue to hold the office of incumbent of a benefice in the diocese, or to hold or to continue to hold an office in the diocese under a licence granted by the bishop, for the period specified in the direction (including in a case where the person was holding the office immediately before attaining that age).
(6) The power to give a direction under a paragraph of this regulation includes, in the case of a person holding office by virtue of a previous direction under that paragraph, a power to give one or more further directions under that paragraph.
(7) The period specified in a direction given under paragraph (2), (3) or (4)—
(a)
(a) must begin with the day on which the person attains the age of 70 years or, where the person is holding the office by virtue of a previous direction given under that paragraph, immediately after the end of the...
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