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Section 6 Registrar of tribunals: continuationI1

England Not yet in force

(1)

The office of the registrar of tribunals for Canterbury and the office of the registrar of tribunals for York each continue to be established.

(2)

The registrar of tribunals for each province is appointed by the archbishop of that province after consultation with the President of Tribunals.

(3)

A person is eligible for appointment as the registrar of tribunals for a province if the person has a general qualification within the meaning given by section 71(3) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990.

(4)

The term of a person’s appointment as the registrar of tribunals for a province ends with the day on which the person reaches—

(a)

the age of 70, or

(b)

if a lower age is specified in regulations under section 32(1) of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018, that lower age.

(5)

The registrar of tribunals for a province may resign the office by instrument signed by the registrar and addressed to and served on the archbishop of the province.

(6)

An instrument under subsection (5) must specify the date on which the resignation is to take effect; and that date must be—

(a)

at least twelve months after the service of the instrument, or

(b)

such earlier date as the archbishop may allow.

(7)

The archbishop of a province may, after consultation with the President of Tribunals, terminate the appointment of a person as the registrar of tribunals for that province; and that power is exercisable by instrument signed by the archbishop and addressed to and served on that person.

(8)

An instrument under subsection (7) must specify the date on which the termination is to take effect; and that date must be at least twelve months after the service of the instrument.

Annotations

Commencement

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S. 6 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 73(3)