Church Representation Rules (Amendment) (No. 1) Resolution 1989
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1989 No. 2094
ECCLESIASTICAL LAW, ENGLAND
The Church Representation Rules (Amendment) (No. 1) Resolution
1989
6thNovember 1989
14thNovember 1989
1stJanuary 1990
In pursuance of the powers conferred by section 7(1) of the Synodical Government Measure 1969 (a) to amend by resolution of the General Synod the Church Representation Rules, that is to say, the rules contained in Schedule 3 to the said Measure, as amended by the Church Representation Rules (Amendment) Resolutions 1973 to 1984 (b)and by the Diocese in Europe Measure 1980 (c) the General Synod hereby resolve that the said rules shall be amended as follows:
Conduct of Elections at Annual Meetings
1. -(1) In rule 10, at the end of paragraph (9) there shall be added}N
" Thereafter the secretary of the parochial church council shall hold a list of the names and addresses of the members of the council which shall be available for inspection on reasonable notice being given by any person who either is resident in the parish or has his name on the electoral roll, but the secretary shall not be bound to provide a copy of such list. "
(2) In rule 10, for paragraph (10) there shall be substituted-
" (10) Names and addresses, of parochial representatives of the laity elected to the deanery synod shall be sent by the secretary of the parochial church council to the diocesan electoral registration officer appointed in accordance with rule 23A of these rules and to the secretary of the deanery synod. " .
(3) In rule 10A after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted-
" (2) The annual meeting may make a scheme which provides that any person entitled to attend the annual meeting and vote in the elections of parochial representatives of the laity to the parochial church council or to the deanery synod or to both that council and that synod may make application in the form set out in section 4A of Appendix I for a postal vote.
(3) Where applications for postal votes have been received by the date specified in the notice convening the annual meeting and where the number of candidates nominated for an election referred to in paragraph (2) of this rule is greater than the
number of seats to be filled, the annual meeting shall appoint a presiding officer who shall not be a candidate in the election. Voting papers shall be distributed to each person present at the meeting entitled to vote and completed papers shall be returned into the custody of the presiding officer before the close of the meeting. The presiding officer shall ensure that persons who have made application for a postal vote shall be sent or have delivered a voting paper within 48 hours of the close of the meeting such paper to be returned to the presiding officer within such period of not less than 7 days nor more than 14 days from the date of the meeting as the presiding officer shall specify. "
And the existing paragraph (2) shall be re-numbered (4).
(4) In rule 10A in paragraph (4) as renumbered at the end of the paragraph there shall be inserted-
" and, if the determination is that the scheme should not come into operation, the reasons for that determination in writing. "
Parochial Church Council
2. In rule 12 in paragraph (1)(g) after the words "this paragraph" there shall be inserted the words "or two persons whichever shall be the greater," .
Parishes with more than one place of worship
3. In rule 16, after paragraph (5) there shall be inserted-
" (5A) A special parochial church meeting of a parish to which this rule applies may be convened for the purpose of deciding whether to make such a scheme, and where such a meeting is convened the foregoing provisions shall have effect with the substitution for references to the annual meeting of references to the special meeting. "
Team Councils
4. -(1) In rule 17A, in paragraph 1(c) at the end there shall be inserted-
" as may be so specified "
(2) In rule 17A, in paragraph (2) for the words "paragraph 3(7)" there shall be substituted the words "paragraph 4(3)" .
Special and Extraordinary Meetings
5. For rule 18 there shall be substituted-
"SPECIAL MEETINGS
"18. -(1) In addition to the annual meeting the minister of a parish may convene a special parochial church meeting, and he shall do so on a written representation by not less than one-third of the lay members of the parochial church council; and the provisions of these rules relating to the convening and conduct of the annual meeting shall, with the necessary modifications, apply to a special parochial church meeting.
(2) All lay persons whose names are entered on the roll of the parish on the day which is twenty-one clear days before the date on which any special parochial church meeting is to be held shall be entitled to attend the meeting and to take part in its proceedings, and no other lay person shall be so entitled.
(3) A clerk in Holy Orders shall be entitled to attend any such meeting and to take part in its proceedings if by virtue of rule 5(3), (4) or (5) he would have been entitled to attend the annual meeting of the parish had it been held on the same date, and no other such clerk shall be so entitled.
EXTRAORDINARY MEETINGS
18A. -(1) On a written representation made to the archdeacon by not less than one-third of the lay members of the parochial church council, or by one tenth of the persons whose names are on the roll of the parish, and deemed by the archdeacon tohave been made with sufficient cause, the archdeacon shall convene an extraordinary meeting of the parochial church council or an extraordinary parochial church meeting, and shall either take the chair himself or shall appoint a chairman to preside. The chairman, not being otherwise entitled to attend such meeting, shall not be entitled to vote upon any resolution before the meeting.
(2) In any case where the archdeacon is himself the minister, any representation under paragraph (1) of this rule shall be made to the bishop, and in any such case the references to the archdeacon in paragraph (1) of this rule shall be construed as references to the bishop, or to a person appointed by him to act on his behalf.
(3) Paragraphs (2) and (3) of rule 18 shall apply in relation to an extraordinary parochial church meeting under this rule as they apply in relation to a special parochial church meeting under that rule with the modification that for the word "special" in paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the word "extraordinary" . "
Membership (Deanery Synods)
6.-(1) In rule 19 after paragraph (2B) there shall be inserted-
" (2C) Not later than 1st July following the election of parochial representatives of the laity to the deanery synod the secretary of the said synod shall send to the diocesan electoral registration officer appointed in accordance with rule 23A of these rules a list of the names and addresses of the members of the house of clergy, specifying the class of membership, and shall keep the said officer informed of subsequent changes in membership. "
(2) In rule 19, in paragraph (4) at the end there shall be inserted-
" The names and addresses of co-opted members shall be sent by the secretary of the deanery synod to the diocesan electoral registration officer appointed in accordance with rule 23A of these rules. "
Diocesan Electoral Registration Officer
7. After rule 23 there shall be inserted-
"Diocesan Electoral Registration Officer
"23A. In every diocese, there shall be a diocesan electoral registration officer who shall be appointed by the bishop's council and standing committee of the diocesan synod and who shall record the names and addresses of all members of the House of Clergy and House of Laity of the deanery synods in the diocese in two registers (in these rules respectively referred to as "the register of clerical electors" and "the register of lay electors"); the members co-opted to the house shall be listed separately in the appropriate register. "
Elections of Members of Diocesan Synods by Deanery Synods
8.-(1) In rule 25, in paragraph (2) leave out the words "the members of that house" and insert the words "those whose names and addresses are recorded in the register of clerical electors" .
(2) In rule 25, in paragraph (3) leave out the words "the members of that house" and insert the words "those whose names and addresses are recorded in the register of lay electors" .
(3) In rule 25, after paragraph (3) there shall be inserted-
"(3A) The qualifying date for electors under paragraphs (2) and (3) of this rule and when a casual vacancy is being filled shall be 6.00 a.m. on the date on which the nomination papers are issued.
(3B) The register of clerical electors and the register of lay electors shall be open to inspection at the diocesan office and any errors and omissions in the list may be corrected until the close of nominations. Thereafter no...
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