Paragraph 1

(1)

A Diocesan Board of Patronage (hereinafter referred to as “the Board”) shall consist of—

(a)

the bishop of the diocese;

(b)

three clerks in Holy Orders beneficed in or licensed to any parish in the diocese elected by the house of clergy of the diocesan synod by the method of the single transferable vote;

(c)

five lay persons elected by the house of laity of that synod by the method of the single transferable vote; and

(d)

for the purpose of transacting any business relating to a particular benefice, the archdeacon in whose archdeaconry, and both chairmen of the deanery synod of the deanery in which, that benefice is.

(2)

An archdeacon shall not be qualified to be elected under sub-paragraph (1)(b).