General Synod 2003: Bills

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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 contact the General Synod Press Office.

BILL NO 10

Explanatory Memorandum

This Bill seeks to revise and consolidate guidance given in the Book of Common Prayer 1926 and Alternative Prayer Book for the conduct of public worship in accordance with to the provisions of what will be the 2004 edition of the Book of Common Prayer.

REV CANON RB ROUNTREE
VERY REV MAJ BURROWS
(at the request of the General Synod)

Bill

To carry into effect a Resolution of the General Synod of 2002 to amend that part of the Book of Common Prayer entitled General Directions for Publick Worship by substituting, for the above-mentioned part of the Book of Common Prayer, General Directions for Public Worship as set out in the accompanying Schedule.

WHEREAS a Resolution to amend that part of the Book of Common Prayer entitled General Directions for Publick Worship by substituting, for the above-mentioned part of the Book of Common Prayer, General Directions for Public Worship as set out in the accompanying Schedule was duly passed in full Synod assembled in Dublin in the year 2002 by the required majorities, and was duly transmitted to the Secretaries of all Diocesan Synods;

AND WHEREAS it is expedient that the said Resolution shall be carried into effect by a Statute;

AND WHEREAS in accordance with the provisions of section 26(1) of Chapter 1 of the Constitution leave was given for the introduction of a Bill in the General Synod of 2003;

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 2003, and by the authority of the same as follows:

In the Book of Common Prayer for that part entitled General Directions for Publick Worship there shall be substituted General Directions for Public Worship as set out in the accompanying Schedule.
The provisions of section 1 and of the Schedule to this Statute shall come into force on such day or days as may hereafter be appointed by the General Synod.

Click here for the Schedule to Bill No. 10

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