Section 49 Rights of patronageI1
England Not yet in force
Where a benefice becomes vacant as a result of this Measure, the vacancy is taken to begin with the start date specified in the notice under section 7(4) of the Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986 (and not when the person concerned ceases to hold office under this Measure).
Where a suspension or a penalty of limited prohibition is imposed on a clerk in Holy Orders who is the patron of a benefice, the right of patronage vests instead for the period of the suspension or limited prohibition—
if a priest or deacon was patron, in the bishop of the diocese which includes the place to which the right of patronage applies;
if a diocesan bishop was patron, in the archbishop of the province concerned;
if an archbishop was patron, in the archbishop of the other province.
Where a suspension or a penalty of limited prohibition is imposed on a clerk in Holy Orders who is a member of a board of trustees which is the patron of a benefice, the clerk is not, for the period of the suspension or limited prohibition, entitled to participate in the exercise of functions by the board of trustees in its capacity as patron.
A reference in subsection (2) to being the patron of a benefice includes, in the case of a diocesan bishop or archbishop, a reference to being entitled to exercise the right of presentation to a benefice under section 16 of the Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986.
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S. 49 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 73(3)