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Amend
the Priests (Ordination of Women) Measure 1993 so as to remove
the |
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bar on the consecration of
women as bishops; and for connected purposes. |
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Be
it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty,
by and with the advice and |
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consent of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in this present |
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Parliament assembled, and
by the authority of the same, as follows:— |
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Amendment
of the Measure |
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(1) |
The Priests (Ordination
of Women) Measure 1993 (No. 2) (“the Measure”) is
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amended in accordance with
the provisions of this section. |
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(a) |
after “ordained to
the office of priest” insert “or consecrated to the
office |
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(b) |
at end add “or consecrated
as bishops”. |
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(3) |
Section 1(2) is hereby repealed. |
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(4) |
In section 2(1)(a), after
“ordained to the office of priest” insert “or
consecrated |
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to the office of bishop”. |
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(5) |
In section 2(1)(c), after
“officiate as a priest” insert “or as a bishop”. |
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(6) |
In section 2(8), after “ordained
to the office of priest” insert “or consecrated to
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(7) |
In section 9, after “priests”
insert “or bishops”. |
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Short
title, commencement and extent |
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(1) |
This Act may be cited as
the Bishops (Consecration of Women) Act 2006. |
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(2) |
This Act shall come into
force on the date six months after it has received Royal |
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(3) |
This Act extends to England
(including the Diocese of Europe) and the Isle of |
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