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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 16
Explanatory Memorandum
The purpose of this Bill is to give effect to the proposals
contained in Appendix A to the Report of the Representative Body
arising from the provisions of the Statute passed by the General
Synod in 2001 to provide for the establishment of Provincial
Mediation Panels and related matters.
MR S GAMBLE
MOST REV JRW NEILL
(on behalf of the Representative Body)
Bill
To provide for the establishment of a Severance
Fund for clergy.
WHEREAS it is expedient to make provision for the establishment
of a Severance Fund for clergy;
AND WHEREAS for such purpose it is desirable that a contribution
towards the financing of the Severance Fund be raised within each
diocese;
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:
- From 1st January 2004 each diocese shall contribute towards
the cost of the Severance Fund at a rate to be determined by the
Representative Body not later than 30th June in 2003 and each year
thereafter:
Provided that a rate determined for any one year being more than
twenty-five per centum in excess of the rate for the year
immediately preceding shall become operative only on the passing
of an affirmative resolution of the General Synod.
- (1) The contribution from each diocese shall be the sum of the
number of cures, including vacant cures, in such diocese at the
preceding 30th June (as agreed between the Representative Body and
the diocesan council) multiplied by the minimum approved stipend
of an incumbent as fixed from time to time by the General Synod in
accordance with Section 51(1) of Chapter IV of the Constitution of
the Church of Ireland and operative on 1st January of the year to
which the contribution relates multiplied by a rate per centum
determined by the Representative Body in accordance with clause 1.
(2) In the case of a diocese, part of which is situated in the
Republic of Ireland and part of which is situated in Northern
Ireland, account shall be taken of the differing figures for
minimum approved stipend fixed in respect of incumbents resident
in each jurisdiction and the contribution shall be subdivided
accordingly.
(3) In the event of disagreement between the Representative Body
and the diocesan council as to the number of cures in any diocese,
such shall be determined by the decision of the archbishop of the
province in which such diocese is situated.
- Contributions shall be payable quarterly in arrears by each
diocesan council on 31 March, 30 June, 30th September and 31
December each year or in such other manner as the Representative
Body may approve.
- Each diocesan council shall be at liberty to recover in whole
or in part the contribution so charged by direct assessment on the
individual parishes, unions or groups of parishes, or churches,
within its jurisdiction in whatever manner it deems appropriate.
- For the purposes of this Statute the term ‘cure’ shall have
the same general meaning as contained in Chapter IV of the
Constitution of the Church of Ireland, and shall include:
- A parish, union or group of parishes under the care of an
incumbent appointed under Part III of Chapter IV;
- A parish, union or group of parishes under the care of a
bishop’s curate appointed under Section 42 of Chapter IV;
- A parish, union or group of parishes assigned to the immediate
care of a vicar appointed under Part X of Chapter IV;
- A parish, union or group of parishes in respect of which a
certificate has been issued by the Representative Body under
Section 52 of Chapter IV;
- A “light-duty parish” as defined by Section 62 of Chapter IV;
- A cathedral which is non-parochial.
- The Representative Body shall at the ordinary session of the
General Synod in 2008 and quinquennially thereafter, and may at
any other session, present a report on the implementation of this
Statute, specifying any amendment which may appear to be necessary
or expedient.
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