Article 17 Construction of references to parish, laity etc

In rule 44(1), in the definition of “parish”, the words “and has a separate curate licensed thereto” shall be omitted.

After rule 44(2) there shall be inserted:—

“(3)

Where a person has executed a deed of relinquishment under the Clerical Disabilities Act 1870^f1 and the deed has been enrolled in the High Court and recorded in the registry of a diocese under that Act then, unless and until the vacation of the enrolment of the deed is recorded in such a registry under the Clerical Disabilities Act 1870 (Amendment) Measure 1934^f2, that person shall be deemed not to be a clerk in Holy Orders for the purpose of paragraph (2) above or of any other provision of these rules which refers to such a clerk.”

The present paragraphs (3), (4), (5) and (6) of rule 44 shall be re-numbered (4), (5), (6) and (7) respectively.