The Church Representation Rules (Amendment) (No. 2) Resolution 1989

• Citation: S.I. 1989/2095
• Sections: 7

Section 1 Qualifications of Persons to be Chosen or Elected by Annual Meetings

In rule 9, after paragraph (1A) there shall be inserted–

(1B) A baptised person who has the qualifications in sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) of paragraph (1A) of this rule and who–

(a) is of eighteen years and upwards; and

(b) is either a member of the parochial church council by virtue of paragraph (1A) above or a member of a local ecumenical project of which the parish forms part,

may be nominated for election as a parochial representative of the laity to the deanery synod.

Section 2 Elections of Members of Diocesan Synods by Deanery Synods

In rule 25 at the end of paragraph (3) there shall be inserted–

and members who were elected pursuant to rule 9(1B).

Section 3 Membership of the House of Laity

In rule 29 at the end of paragraph (2) there shall be inserted–

and members who were elected pursuant to rule 9(1B).

Section 4 Forms

(1) In Appendix I, in section 4 for the words “A person is qualified to be elected a parochial representative of the laity to the deanery synod if” there shall be substituted – “Subject to the provisions of rule 9(1B), a person is qualified to be elected a parochial representative of the laity to the deanery synod if”.

(2) In Appendix I, in section 4 for the words “A person is qualified to be elected a parochial representative of the laity of the parochial church council if” there shall be substituted–

Subject to the provisions of rule 9(1A), a person is qualified to be elected a parochial representative of the laity to the parochial church council if

Section 5 Forms

In Appendix I, in section 5 after the words “co-opted members” there shall be inserted “and members who were elected pursuant to rule 9(1B)”.

Section 6 Forms

In Appendix I, in section 6 after the words “co-opted members” there shall be inserted “and members who were elected pursuant to rule 9(1B)”.

Section 7 Citation, interpretation and commencement

(1) This resolution may be cited as the Church Representation Rules (Amendment) (No. 2) Resolution 1989, and the Church Representation Rules (Amendment) Resolutions 1973 to 1984 and this Resolution may be cited together as the Church Representation Rules (Amendment) Resolutions 1973 to 1989.

(2) Any reference in this Resolution to a numbered rule or Appendix is a reference to the rule or Appendix, as the case may be, bearing that number in the Church Representation Rules, as amended by the Church Representation Rules (Amendment) Resolutions 1973 to 1984 and by the Diocese in Europe Measure 1980.

(3) This Resolution shall come into force on the first day of January 1990.