Part IE The Ecclesiastical Judicial System

Jurisdiction of the CourtsE

7 Jurisdiction of Arches and Chancery Courts.E

F1(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F2(1A)[F3The Arches Court of Canterbury and the Chancery Court of York shall each] have jurisdiction to hear and determine appeals from judgments, orders or decrees of the Vicar-General’s court of the province of Canterbury or York [F4(F5... as constituted in accordance with the Clergy Discipline Measure 2003)], as the case may be.]

[F6(1B)Each of the said Courts shall also have jurisdiction to hear and determine appeals from judgments, orders or decrees of disciplinary tribunals within the provinces for which they are constituted respectively.]

(2)An appeal which, by virtue of this section, either of the said Courts has jurisdiction to entertain lies—

[F7(a)F8... [F9with the leave of the court in accordance with section 20(1A) and (1B) of the Clergy Discipline Measure 2003,] at the instance of any party to the proceedings on a question of law and the defendant on a question of fact;]

F10(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3)Appeals under this section shall be lodged and conducted in such manner as may be prescribed.

[F11(3A)For provision as to how a decision of either of those Courts in the exercise of its jurisdiction under this section is to be treated in the province of the other Court, see section 14A of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018.]

F12(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F12(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .