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The following draft Bill will be debated during
this years General Synod. For further information
on amendments and passage through General Synod please
email the General Synod
Press Officer.
BILL NO 5
Explanatory Memorandum
Please refer to the report of the Synodical Structures Working
Group on page 211 of the Book of Reports.
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REV CANON PF PATTERSON
MR DJ AUCHMUTY
(at the request of the Standing Committee)
BILL
To amend Chapter I of the Constitution.
WHEREAS it is expedient to conduct a continuing review of the size
of the House of Representatives;
AND WHEREAS it is desirable that the principles upon which the
clerical and lay representatives returned to the General Synod to
represent the several Dioceses and United Dioceses of the Church of
Ireland be set out in the Constitution of the Church of Ireland;
AND WHEREAS it is desirable that the table contained in Section 4
(2) of Part 1 of Chapter I of the said Constitution be amended in
accordance with such continuing review;
AND WHEREAS it is desirable that a review of the number of clerical
and lay representatives returned to the General Synod to represent
the several Dioceses and United Dioceses of the Church of Ireland be
conducted at least every third triennium;
AND WHEREAS it is desirable to specify the method of election to be
utilised in returning the said clerical and lay representatives to
the General Synod;
AND WHEREAS for such purposes it is necessary to amend Chapter I of
the Constitution;
BE IT ENACTED by the Archbishops and Bishops, and the Clergy and
Laity of the Church of Ireland in General Synod assembled in Dublin
in the year 2001, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
- Section 4 (1) of Part 1 of Chapter I of the Constitution is
hereby amended by deleting the said provision and substituting
the following therefor:
(a) The House of Representatives shall consist of
representatives of the clergy and of the laity to be elected as
hereinafter provided in the year 2002 and triennially
thereafter.
(b) The number of clerical representatives to be returned to the
General Synod by each Diocese or United Dioceses shall be in the
proportion of one representative to every five beneficed or
licensed clergy of the Diocese, such clergy neither being in
receipt of a retiring annuity under the provisions of Chapter
XIV, nor having attained the age of seventy four years, and
notwithstanding any vacancy in any benefice within the Diocese
or United Dioceses. An additional representative shall be
returned for any remaining number of such clergy exceeding two.
(c) For the purpose of 1 (b) the number of beneficed or licensed
clergy shall, in the year 2002 and at every subsequent review
carried out in accordance with Section 4 (1) (e), be ascertained
on 1 January of the review year.
(d) The number of lay representatives shall be to the clergy in
the proportion of 2 to 1.
(e) A review of the number of representatives both clerical and
lay to be returned by each Diocese or United Dioceses to the
General Synod shall be conducted on the basis of the principles
hereinbefore set out at least every third triennium, in a manner
determined by the Honorary Secretaries of the General Synod,
provided that the number of representatives of the clergy to be
returned by any Diocese or United Dioceses shall not fall below
4.
- Section 4 (2) of Part 1 of Chapter I of the Constitution is
hereby amended by deleting the table contained therein and
substituting therefor in the year 2002 and at every subsequent
review carried out under 1 (e) a table showing the number of
representatives both clerical and lay returned to represent in
the General Synod each Diocese or United Dioceses as calculated
in accordance with the principles set out in Section 4 (1) (b).
- Section 4 of Part 1 of Chapter I of the Constitution be
further amended by adding the following as subsection (6):
Representatives to the General Synod both clerical and lay shall
be elected by each Diocesan Synod on the system of Proportional
Representation by means of the single transferable vote in
accordance with regulations prescribed from time to time by the
Standing Committee of the General Synod.
- For Section 6 of Part I of Chapter I of the Constitution there
shall be substituted the following section:
6. Every beneficed or licensed clergyman of the Church of
Ireland who is not in receipt of a retiring annuity under the
provisions of Chapter XIV, and who has not on 1 January
preceding the election attained the age of seventy four years,
shall be qualified to be elected as a clerical representative or
supplemental clerical representative whether resident or not in
the in the diocese for which the election is being held.
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