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Motions received by the Honorary Secretaries of the General Synod
not less than one month before the day appointed for the opening of
the session of the General Synod at which the motion is to be moved
(Standing Order 31).
- TIMETABLE
THE HONORARY SECRETARIES
A motion or motions to allocate the time available between the items
listed on the agenda paper (Standing Order 56).
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- MOTION ON PROCEDURE
THE HONORARY SECRETARIES
That the reports of the Board of Education and the Secondary
Education Committee be taken together, that the first part of the
debate be confined to matters mainly concerning education in the
Republic of Ireland, being introduced by two speeches, one on behalf
of the Board of Education and one on behalf of the Secondary
Education Committee; that the second part of the debate be confined
to matters concerning education in Northern Ireland, being
introduced by one speech, on behalf of the Board of Education, and
that time allotted to each part of the debate be at the discretion
of the President, but not to exceed a total of one and a half hours.
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- STANDING ORDERS
LADY SHEIL
- In Standing Order 8 of the Standing Orders of the General Synod
for the word ‘He’ there shall be substituted the words ‘The
Assessor’.
- In Standing Order 11 for the word ‘him’ there shall be
substituted the words ‘the President’.
- In Standing Order 15 the words ‘in his place’ shall be
deleted.
- In Standing Order 19 for the words ‘when he desires’ there
shall be substituted the words ‘when desiring’ and in the Note
for the words ‘of Chairman’ there shall be substituted the
words ‘to the Chair’.
- In Standing Order 20 for the word ‘his’ there shall be
substituted the words ‘the right to make a’.
- In Standing Order 24 (b) for the words ‘and he or his
nominee shall’ there shall be substituted the words ‘and the proposer or the proposer’s nominee shall’.
- In Standing Order 26 the words ‘he is’ shall be deleted.
- In Standing Order 29 (a) for the word ‘his’ there shall be
substituted the words ‘making a’.
- In Standing Order 31 (c ) for the word ‘his’ there shall be
substituted the words ‘the mover’s’.
- (i) In Standing Order 44 (a) for the words ‘He shall judge from
the answers to his requests and state the result, in his opinion, of
putting the question’ there shall be substituted the following ‘The
President shall judge from the answers to such requests and state
the result, as an opinion, of putting the question’.
(ii) In Standing Order 44 (b) for the words ‘in his opinion’ there
shall be substituted the words ‘as an opinion’ and for the words
‘which he had previously expressed’ there shall be substituted the
words ‘which had previously been expressed’.
(iii) In Standing Order 44 (e) for the word ‘his’ there shall be
substituted the word ‘an’.
- In Standing Order 49, 51 and 57 for the word ‘chairman’
whenever it occurs, there shall be substituted the word
‘chairperson’.
- In the Appendix to the Standing Orders for the section
entitled ‘APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRMAN’ there shall be substituted
the following:-
APPOINTMENT TO THE CHAIR
Procedure relative to the appointment to the Chair at meetings of
the General Synod is in accordance with the provisions contained in
the following section of Chapter I of the Constitution:
18. The President may exercise discretion in inviting any member of
the House of Bishops to take the Chair for such period during a
session as the President may determine; any person so taking the
Chair shall have, and may exercise, all the powers and functions
conferred by Standing Orders on the President’.
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- CONSTITUTION OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE
LADY SHEIL
- In Rule 5 (1) (b) (i) of the Rules defining the Constitution of
the Standing Committee of the General Synod and prescribing its
duties and powers, hereinafter referred to as ‘the said Rules’, for
the word ‘clergymen’ there shall be substituted the world ‘clergy’.
- In Rule 5 (4) 9 of the said Rules for the words ‘under the
direction of the chairman’ there shall be substituted the words
‘under direction from the chair’.
- In Rule 6 (3) 3 of the said Rules for the words ‘unless he had
conveyed’ there shall be substituted the words ‘unless such person
has conveyed’.
- In Rule 7 of the said Rules for the word ‘he’ there shall be
substituted the words ‘such member’.
- In Rule 8 of the said Rules the words ‘under his hand’ and ‘his
seat’ shall be deleted and after the word ‘resign’ there shall be
added the words ‘from the Standing Committee.’
- In Rule 17 for the word ‘he’ there shall be substituted the
words ‘that Registrar’.
- In the Appendix to the Rules for the figure ‘1988’ there shall
be substituted the figure ‘2003’.
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CONSTITUTION OF THE BOARD OF
EDUCATION
LADY SHEIL
- In Paragraph 2 of the Constitution of the Board of Education for
the word ‘synodsmen’ wherever it occurs there shall be substituted
the words ‘synod members’.
- In Paragraph 4 thereof for the figure ‘1988’ there shall be
substituted the figure ‘2003’ .
- In Paragraph 7A thereof for the figure ‘1989’ there shall be
substituted the figure ‘2004’ and for the word ‘chairman’ wherever
it occurs there shall be substituted the word ‘chairperson’.
- In Paragraph 12 thereof for the words ‘for submission by him’
there shall be substituted the words ‘who shall submit such name’.
- SECTARIANISM EDUCATION PROJECT SCOPING STUDY
THE RT REV AET HARPER
That the General Synod directs that the findings of the Scoping
Study be referred to each Diocesan Synod for consideration and
reflection before the end of January 2004.
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REPORTING PROCEDURE
MR WF BAKER
That the following Resolution of the General Synod of 1998 be
rescinded:
- That commencing in the year 1999 the following shall report to the General Synod at least once every two years:
Council for the Church Overseas
Church of Ireland Youth Department
Council for Mission in Ireland
Commission on Church Buildings
Church’s Ministry of Healing
Christian Stewardship Committee
Board for Social Responsibility (NI)
Board for Social Responsibility (RI)
Committee for Christian Unity
Church of Ireland Marriage Council
- That the identity of those bodies reporting in any given year
shall be determined by agreement between the bodies listed above and
the Honorary Secretaries of the General Synod subject to the
approval of the Standing Committee at its January meeting. Where
such agreement is not forthcoming the Standing Committee shall make
a ruling.
That the Council for the Church Overseas and the Council for Mission
in Ireland may present a report to the General Synod in alternate
years or present a combined report.
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THE COVENANT COUNCIL
MR WF BAKER
That “The Covenant Council” be established:
- To facilitate full implementation of the Covenant at local,
regional and national level;
- To develop appropriate protocols and models for working together;
- To continue to reflect and advise on outstanding theological
issues, with particular reference to the interchangeability of
ministries;
- To be conversant with and, where appropriate, to participate in
developments taking place in Anglican / Methodist relations in other
parts of the world;
- To report annually to the General Synod of the Church of Ireland
and to the Conference of the Methodist Church in Ireland.
That the following be elected to the Covenant Council for the period
ending 31 May 2006:
Mr David Brown |
Rev Canon Ginnie Kennerley |
Ms Elva Byrne |
Mr Cyril McElhinney |
Mr Stephen Edgar |
Rt Rev Harold Miller |
Rev Canon Adrian Empey |
Rev Brian Stewart |
Rev Dr Maurice Elliott |
Mr Peter Thompson |
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Rev Canon Ian Ellis |
Very Rev Norman Lynas |
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MR W DEVERELL AND REV WKM BREW
That no lay person be allowed to serve more than nine consecutive
years on select vestry, Diocesan and General Synod and all other
Church committees.
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JOURNAL OF THE GENERAL SYNOD
THE HONORARY SECRETARIES
That the Honorary Secretaries of the General Synod be instructed to
publish with as little delay as possible, the Journal of the
Proceedings of the General Synod during this session, with such
appendices as they think expedient.
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