The Ecclesiastical Offices (Age Limit) (Channel Islands) Order 2000

• Citation: S.I. 2000/2767
• Sections: 5

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Ecclesiastical Offices (Age Limit) (Channel Islands) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st November 2000.

Section 2

The Scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order is hereby confirmed.

Section 3

The Ecclesiastical Offices (Age Limit) Measure 1975 shall apply to the Channel Islands in accordance with the provisions of the said Scheme.

Section 1 Application of the Ecclesiastical Offices (Age Limit) Measure 1975

In its application to the Channel Islands the Ecclesiastical Offices (Age Limit) Measure 1975 shall have effect as if—

(a) section 1(2) were omitted;

(b) in section 1(4), paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) were omitted;

(c) in section 1(5) all words after the words “Measure or in” were omitted and there were substituted the words “any Order made in pursuance of the Channel Islands (Church Legislation) Measures 1931 and 1957”;

(d) section 2 were omitted;

(e) for section 3(1) there were substituted—

(1) Where the diocesan bishop considers that there are special circumstances which make it desirable that a person holding the office of Dean of Jersey or Dean of Guernsey should continue in that office after the date on which he would otherwise retire in accordance with section 1 of this Measure, the bishop may from time to time authorise the continuance in that office of that person after that date for such period or further period, not exceeding one year in all, as he may specify.

(f) for section 3(2) there were substituted—

(2) Where the diocesan bishop considers that the pastoral needs of a parish in his diocese, or of his diocese, make it desirable that a person holding the office of incumbent of a benefice in his diocese should continue in that office after the date on which he would otherwise retire in accordance with section 1 of this Measure, the bishop may, with the consent of the majority of the Church Wardens and Almoners (if any) of the Parish, from time to time authorise the continuance in that office of that person after that date for such period or further period, not exceeding 2 years in all, as he may specify.

(g) section 3(3) were omitted;

(h) sections 4 and 5(2) were omitted;

(i) in section 6, in the definition of “incumbent”, the words “but does not include the Dean or Provost of a Cathedral Church” were omitted;

(j) subsections (3) and (4) of section 7 were omitted;

(k) in the Schedule there were substituted for the listed offices the following offices—

Dean of Jersey

Dean of Guernsey

Incumbent of a benefice

Section 2 Interpretation

For the purpose of this Scheme, and of the Measure applied to the Channel Islands by this Scheme—

(a) any reference to the Channel Islands or either of them shall have the same meaning as has such a reference in the Channel Islands (Church Legislation) Measure 1931; and

(b) any reference to any other enactment is a reference to that enactment as it has effect in the Channel Islands.