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PART I CHURCH ELECTORAL ROLL
Formation of Roll
Revision of Roll and Preparation of New Roll
Procedural provisions relating to entry and removal of names
Certification of Numbers on Rolls
Provision with Respect to Person whose Name is on Guild Church Roll
PART II PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETINGS AND COUNCILS
ANNUAL MEETINGS
Convening of Meeting
Chairman
Business
Qualifications of persons to be chosen or elected by annual meetings
Conduct of Elections at Annual Meetings
Variation of method of election
CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS OF CHURCHWARDENS
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
Members
General Provisions relating to Parochial Church Councils
Term of office
Limitation on years of service
Parishes with more than one Place of Worship
Joint parochial church councils
Team councils
Group councils
SPECIAL MEETINGS
EXTRAORDINARY MEETINGS
PART III DEANERY SYNODS
Membership
Election and choice of members
Variation of Membership of Deanery Synods by Scheme
Representation of Cathedral Clergy and Laity
Representation of persons to whom mission orders relate
Procedure
Diocesan Electoral Registration Officer
PART IV DIOCESAN SYNODS
Membership of Diocesan Synods
Elections of Members of Diocesan Synods by Deanery Synods
Variation of Membership of Diocesan Synods by Scheme
Procedure of Diocesan Synods
PART V HOUSE OF LAITY OF GENERAL SYNOD
MEMBERSHIP OF THE HOUSE OF LAITY
ELECTIONS OF MEMBERS
Number of Elected Members
Qualification of Elected Members
Electoral Areas
Conduct of Elections
Duties and Payment of Presiding Officers
Term of office of membership of General Synod and other bodies
EX-OFFICIO AND CO-OPTED MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF LAITY
PART VI APPEALS AND DISQUALIFICATIONS
ENROLMENT APPEALS
ELECTION APPEALS
Vacation of seat by Member ceasing to be Qualified for Election
Ex-officio Membership not to Disqualify for Election
PART VII SUPPLEMENTARY AND INTERPRETATION
Casual vacancies
Resignations
Notices
Constraints in Elections
Revocation and Variation of Rules, etc.
Special Provisions
Meaning of Minister, Parish and other words and phrases
APPENDIX I
SYNODICAL GOVERNMENT FORMS
APPENDIX II
GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCILS
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (not forming part of the Rules)
TEXTS OF SELECTED ENACTMENTS REFERRED TO IN THE RULES
NOTES
These Rules were authorised as Schedule 3 to the Synodical Government Measure 1969. The Rules are printed here as amended by the following legislation -
1 January 1974
Church Representation Rules (Amendment) Resolution 1973 (S.I. 1973 No. 1865)
1 May 1980
Church Representation Rules (Amendment) Resolution 1980 (S.I. 1980 No. 178)
2 July 1980
Diocese in Europe Measure 1980
1 January 1982 (in part) and
1 January 1983
Church Representation Rules (Amendment) (No. 2) Resolution 1981 (S.I. 1981 No. 1650)
1 November 1983
Church Representation Rules (Amendment) Resolution 1981 (S.I. 1981 No. 959)
1 January 1985
Church Representation Rules (Amendment) (No. 1) Resolution 1984 (S.I. 1984 No. 1039)
Church Representation Rules (Amendment) (No. 2) Resolution 1984 (S.I. 1984 No. 1040)
1 January 1989
Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986
1 January 1990
Church Representation Rules (Amendment) (No. 1) Resolution 1989 (S.I. 1989 No. 2094)
Church Representation Rules (Amendment) (No. 2) Resolution 1989 (S.I. 1989 No. 2095)
1 January 1993
Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1991
1 February 1994
Priests (Ordination of Women) Measure 1993
1 January 1995
Church Representation Rules (Amendment) Resolution 1994 (S.I. 1994 No. 3118)
1 January 1996
Church Representation Rules (Amendment) Resolution 1995 (S.I. 1995 No. 3243)
1 May 1996
Team and Group Ministries Measure 1995
1 May 1997
1 March 1998
Church Representation Rules (Amendment) Resolution 1998 (S.I. 1998 No. 319)
1 January 1999
National Institutions Measure 1998
Different dates for different cathedrals
Cathedrals Measure 1999
1 January 2000
Church Representation Rules (Amendment) Resolution 1999 (S.I. 1999 No. 2112)
1 January 2002
Churchwardens Measure 2001
1 January 2004
Synodical Government (Amendment) Measure 2003
1 August 2004 (in part), 1 January 2005 (in part) and 15 February 2005
Church Representation Rules (Amendment) Resolution 2004 (S.I. 2004 No. 1889)
31 March 2008 (in part), and 1 February 2009 (in part)
Dioceses, Pastoral and Mission Measure 2007
1 January 2010
Church Representation Rules (Amendment) Resolution 2009 (S.I. 2009 No. 2129)
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