Church Representation Rules (Amendment) Resolution 1973
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1973/1865 |
1973 No. 1865
ECCLESIASTICAL LAW
The Church Representation Rules (Amendment) Resolution 1973
Made (passed by the General Synod with the requisite majority in each House) 8th November 1973
Laid before Parliament 15th November 1973
Coming into Operation 1st January 1974
In pursuance of the power conferred by section 7(1) of the Synodical Government Measure 1969 to amend by a resolution of the General Synod the Church Representation Rules, that is to say, the rules contained in Schedule 3 to the said Measure, the General Synod hereby resolves that the said rules shall be amended as follows:—
Formation of church electoral roll
1.—(1) In rule 1(2) the word shall be omitted and for sub-paragraph (b) of that paragraph there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph:—
“(b)
“(b) is a member of the Church of England or of a Church in communion with the Church of England;”
(2) For rule 1(3) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—
“3 A person shall be entitled to have his name on the roll of each of any number of parishes if he is entitled by virtue of paragraph (2) of this rule to have his name entered on each roll; but a person whose name is entered on the roll of each of two or more parishes must choose one of those parishes for the purpose of the provisions of these rules which prescribe the qualifications for election to a deanery synod, a diocesan synod or the General Synod or for membership of a deanery synod under rule 19(3)(b).”
(3) In rule 1(5), for the words there shall be substituted the words .
(4) In rule 1(7), sub-paragraphs (d) and (g) shall be omitted and the present sub-paragraph (e), (f) and (h) shall be re-lettered (d), (e) and (f) respectively.
(5) In rule 1(8), for the words there shall be substituted the words .
Revision of roll and preparation of new roll
2.—(1) At the end of rule 2(4) there shall be inserted the following paragraph:—
“At every service held on each of the two Sundays within the period of fourteen days beginning with the date of the affixing of the notice or, in the case of a church in which no service is held on either of those Sundays, at every service held in that church on the first Sunday after that date the person conducting the service shall inform the congregation of the preparation of the new roll.”
(2) For rule 2(5) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—
“5 The parochial church council shall take reasonable steps to inform every person whose name is entered on the previous roll that a new roll is being prepared and that if he wishes to have his name entered on the new roll he must apply for enrolment. No such steps need be taken with respect to any person whose name could be removed from the previous roll under rule 1(7).”
Procedural provisions relating to entry and removal of names
In rule 3, paragraphs (3), (4) and (5) shall be omitted.
3. In rule 3, paragraphs (3), (4) and (5) shall be omitted.
Certification of numbers on rolls
4. In rule 4—
(a) in paragraph (1), after the words there shall be inserted the word ;
(b) paragraphs (3) and (4) shall be omitted and paragraph (5) shall be renumbered (3).
Provision with respect to person whose name is on guild church roll
5. After rule 4 there shall be inserted the following rule:—
“4A.—(1) A person whose name is entered on the roll of a guild church shall for the purpose of the provisions of these rules which prescribe the qualifications for election to a deanery synod, a diocesan synod or the House of Laity of the General Synod, or for membership of a deanery synod under rule 19(3)(b), be deemed to be a person whose name is on the roll of the parish in which the guild church is, and references in those provisions or in rule 1(3) to a person whose name is on the roll of a parish or on the roll of each of two or more parishes, and in rule 37 to entry on the roll of a parish, shall be construed accordingly.
(2) In this rule “” means1”
Chairman of annual meeting
6. In rule 7, after the words there shall be inserted the words
Qualification of persons to be chosen, etc., by annual meetings
7. In rule 9(1)—
(a) at the beginning there shall be inserted the words ;
(b) in sub-paragraph (b) for the words from to there shall be substituted the words ;
(c) in sub-paragraph (c) for the words there shall be substituted the words ; and
(d) paragraph (i) of the proviso shall be omitted.
Members of parochial church council
8. For rule 12(1)(d) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph:—
“(d)
“(d) such, if any, of the readers whose names are on the roll of the parish as the annual meeting may determine;”.
Parochial church councils: term of office
9. Rule 14 shall become paragraph (1) of that rule and after that paragraph there shall be inserted the following paragraph:—
“2 Persons who are members of a parochial church council by virtue of their election as lay members of a deanery synod shall hold office for a term beginning with the date of their election and ending with the 31st May next following the election of their successors.”.
Parishes with more than one place of worship
10. In rule 16—
(a) in paragraph (1), for the word there shall be substituted the words ;
(b) in paragraph (1)(a), for the word , where last occurring, there shall be substituted the word ;
(c) in paragraph (1)(b), the words shall be omitted.
Membership of deanery synods
11.—(1) In rule 19(3)—
(a)
(a) there shall be inserted at the beginning the words ;
(b)
(b) after the words there shall be inserted the words ;
(c)
(c) after sub-paragraph (b) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph:—
“(c)
“(c) if in the opinion of the bishop of the diocese any community of persons in the deanery who are in the spiritual care of a chaplain licensed by the bishop should be represented in that house, one lay person, being an actual communicant member of the Church of England of eighteen years or upwards, chosen in such manner as may be approved by the bishop by and from among the members of that community”;
(d)
(d) the present sub-paragraph (c) shall be re-lettered (d).
(2) In rule 19(4) for the words there shall be substituted the words and for the proviso to rule 19(4) there shall be substituted the following provision:—
“”
Election, etc., of members of deanery synods
12.—(1) In rule 20(2), for the words there shall be substituted the words , and the words shall be omitted.
(2) After rule 20(3) there shall be inserted the following paragraph:—
“4 Any person to be chosen as mentioned in rule 19(3)(c) shall be so chosen every three years and shall hold office for a term of three years beginning with the 1st June next following the date on which he is so chosen.”
(3) Paragraph (4) of rule 20 shall be re-numbered (5) and in that paragraph for the letterc there shall be substituted the letter d.
(4) Paragraph (5) of rule 20 shall be re-numbered (6) and at the end of that paragraph there shall be inserted the following paragraph:—
“For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that the number 150 specified in this paragraph includes the maximum number of members who may be co-opted by each house.”
Variation of membership of deanery synods by scheme
In rule 21(1) the proviso shall be omitted.
13. In rule 21(1) the proviso shall be omitted.
Membership of diocesan synods
14.—(1) In rule 24(2)(a)(i), for the words there shall be substituted the words .
(2) In rule 24(2)(a)(iv), for the words there shall be substituted the words .
(3) In rule 24(2)(a), after head (iv) there shall be inserted the following head:—
“(v)
“(v) any other member of that House, being the person chosen by and from among the clerical members of religious communities in the Province, who resides in the diocese;”
and the present heads (v) and (vi) shall be renumbered (vi) and (vii) respectively.
(4) In rule 24(3)(a), there shall be inserted at the end:—
“(iv)
“(iv) any other member of that House, being the person chosen by and from among the lay members of religious communities in the Province, who resides in the diocese;”
Elections of members of diocesan synods by deanery synods
15.—(1) In rule 25(1), for the words there shall be substituted the words .
(2) At the beginning of rule 25(3) there shall be inserted the words , for the words there shall be substituted the words , and the proviso to rule 25(3)...
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