228th Report by the Ecclesiastical
Committee
The Ecclesiastical Committee has met and considered
the
- Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions)
Measure
- Vacancies in Suffragan Sees and Other Ecclesiastical
Offices Measure
- Crown Benefices (Parish Representatives) Measure
referred to it under the provisions of the Church
of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919.
Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure
1. The Measure is the tenth in a series of Miscellaneous
Provisions Measures. The nature and legal effect of the various
provisions are helpfully summarised in the Comments and Explanations
submitted to the Committee by the Legislative Committee of the
General Synod.
2. The Committee is of the opinion that the
Measure is expedient.
Vacancies in Suffragan Sees and Other Ecclesiastical
Offices Measure
3. The Measure modifies the Suffragan Bishops
Act 1534 so that only one name (rather than as at present, two)
needs to be presented to Her Majesty for appointment to a suffragan
see. It modifies the law with regard to the exercise by Her Majesty
of patronage belonging to a vacant diocesan see such that the
patronage in question may be exercised on behalf of Her Majesty
by a suffragan or 'acting' bishop during the vacancy in see.
It also abolishes certain rights the Crown has to present to vacant
ecclesiastical offices where the patronage in question is not
normally in the Crown's gift.
4. For more information about the Measure, see
the Comments and Explanations submitted by the Legislative Committee
of the General Synod, annexed to this Report.
5. The Committee is of the opinion that the
Measure is expedient.
Crown Benefices (Parish Representatives) Measure
6. The Measure extends to the Crown benefices
specified in the Measure the right of parochial church councils
to appoint lay representatives whose approval must be obtained
before the patron may offer to present a particular priest to
the benefice.
7. For more information about the Measure, see
the Comments and Explanations submitted by the Legislative Committee
of the General Synod, annexed to this Report.
8. The Committee is of the opinion that the
Measure is expedient.
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