L.34/2022
Attachment
of Jersey to the Diocese of Salisbury Order 2022
Made by Her Majesty in Council 19th July 2022
Registered by the Royal Court 2nd September 2022
Coming into force in accordance with article 1
HER MAJESTY, in the exercise of Her prerogatives as
Sovereign in right of the Bailiwick of Jersey as humbly requested to be
exercised on behalf of the Bailiwick by Act of the States Assembly of the first
day of March 2022, and also in the exercise of the powers conferred by the
Channel Islands Measure 2020 and the Channel Islands
(Church Legislation) Measure 1931, is pleased by and with the advice
of Her Privy Council to order as follows. –
1 Citation and commencement
(1) This
Order may be cited as the Attachment of Jersey to the Diocese of Salisbury
Order 2022.
(2) This
Order comes into force on the day on which it is registered by the Royal Court
of Jersey.
2 Attachment of Jersey to Diocese of
Salisbury
(1) The
Bailiwick of Jersey is, by virtue of this Order, as a matter of and for the
purposes of the law of Jersey attached to the Diocese of Salisbury instead of
to the Diocese of Winchester.
(2) Such
jurisdiction as the Bishop of Winchester had in relation to the Bailiwick of
Jersey immediately before the commencement of this Order is transferred to the
Bishop of Salisbury.
3 Supplementary provision
(1) Anything
(including legal proceedings) which, immediately before commencement of this
Order, was in the process of being done by or in relation to the Bishop of
Winchester may, so far as it relates to the jurisdiction as Bishop in respect
of Jersey (in pursuance of the Order of 1569 or customary or statutory law
since the Order of 1569) be continued by or in relation to the Bishop of
Salisbury.
(2) Anything
done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the Bishop of
Winchester in connection with the jurisdiction as Bishop in respect of Jersey
(in pursuance of the Order of 1569 or customary or statutory law since the
Order of 1569) has effect, so far as necessary for its continuing effect after
commencement of this Order, as if done by or in relation to the Bishop of
Salisbury.
(3) This
article does not affect the validity of anything done (or having effect as if
done) by or in relation to the Bishop of Winchester in connection with
jurisdiction as Bishop in respect of Jersey from the Order of 1569 until
commencement of this Order.
(4) In
this article “Order of 1569” means the Order of Her late Majesty Queen
Elizabeth I made on the eleventh day of March 1569 with the advice of Her
Privy Council and in the exercise of Her prerogatives as Sovereign in right of
the Bailiwick of Jersey pursuant to which Jersey was attached to the episcopal
See of Winchester.
4 Consequential amendments
(1) In
section 1 of the Channel Islands
(Church Legislation) Measure 1931 as it has effect in Jersey the
definition of “the Bishop” is amended such that for “Winchester” there is
substituted “Salisbury”.
(2) In
section 1 of the Channel Islands (Representation) Measure 1931 as it has
effect in Jersey the definition of “the Bishop” is amended such that for
“Winchester” there is substituted “Salisbury”.
(3) The
Synodical
Government Channel Islands Order 1970 is to be construed such that
the functions of the Salisbury diocesan synod shall be exercisable in respect
of Jersey instead of the functions of the Winchester diocesan synod.
(4) The
references in each of the Channel Islands (Church Legislation) Measure 1931
and the Channel Islands (Representation) Measure 1931 to the Islands, or
to either or each of them, are to be read as references to the Bailiwicks or to
either or each of them. In this paragraph “the Bailiwicks” means both –
(a) The Bailiwick of Jersey,
and
(b) The Bailiwick of
Guernsey.
(5) In
section 4 of the Channel Islands (Representation) Measure 1931 (qualification
of electors) as it has effect in Jersey, for paragraph (b) there is
substituted –
(i) a member of the Church
of England or of a Church in communion with it, or
(ii) a member of the Church
of England and a member in good standing of a Church which is not in communion
with it but subscribes to the doctrine of the Holy Trinity;”
(6) In
section 4 of the Channel Islands (Representation) Measure 1931
(qualification of electors) as it has effect in Jersey, in paragraph (c)
in place of “of seventeen years or upwards” there is substituted “aged 16
or over”.
(7) In
section 5 of the Channel Islands (Representation) Measure 1931 (election
of lay representatives) as it has effect in Jersey, in place of “annually”
there is substituted “triennially”.
(8) In
the Schedule to the Channel Islands (Representation) Measure 1931
(application for enrolment on church electoral roll) as it has effect in
Jersey, for paragraphs (i) to (iv) of the declaration
there is substituted –
“(i) I am baptised
(ii) I am a member of the
Church of England, or I am a member of ***, being a Church in communion with
the Church of England, or I am a member in good standing of ***, being a Church which is not in communion with the Church of
England but subscribes to the doctrine of the Holy Trinity and I am also a
member of the Church of England.*
(iii) I am aged 16 or over.
(iv) I am resident in the
Island of ***”.
Richard Tilbrook
Clerk of the Privy Council