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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).
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THE HONORARY SECRETARIES
A motion or motions to allocate the time available between the
items listed on the agenda paper (Standing Order 56). View
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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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- CANON 31(2) CONCERNING THE SOLEMNISATION OF
MARRIAGES
LADY SHEIL AND VEN REB WHITE
That, in accordance with the provisions
of Section 26(1) of Chapter I of the Constitution,
leave be given for the introduction of a
Bill in the General Synod of 2006 in the
following terms:
“Whereas it is desirable that, in
Chapter IX of the Constitution, the provisions
of Canon 31(2) of the Canons of the Church
of Ireland concerning the solemnisation of
marriage should include the requirement for
compliance both with the civil law of the
state in which the marriage is to take place
and with such Church of Ireland Marriage
Regulations as may be provided:
Be it enacted by the Archbishops and Bishops
and by the clergy and laity of the Church
of Ireland in General Synod assembled in
Armagh in the year 2006, and by the authority
of the same as follows:
1. In this Statute Chapter IX means Chapter
IX of the Constitution of the Church of Ireland.
2. In Chapter IX for Canon 31(2) there shall
be substituted the following:
31(2) Every member of the clergy who is
approached with a view to solemnising a marriage
is required to fulfil the statutory requirements
of the state in which the marriage is to
take place and must comply also with such
Church of Ireland Marriage Regulations as
may be provided.”
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- AMENDMENTS TO SCHOOL SCHEME 89
THE BISHOP OF CONNOR AND MR JE BUNTING
That the General Synod of the Church of Ireland, in accordance
with Section 38 of the School Scheme No 89 for the Parochial
Schools of the Dioceses of Down and Dromore, and Connor, dated
6 November 1893, approves application to the Department of
Social Development for Northern Ireland for alteration of
School Scheme No. 89 in accordance with the attached Amending
Scheme.
Full text of Motion
No 4 in .pdf format
- GLEBE RULES ATTACHED TO CHAPTER XIII OF THE
CONSTITUTION
MR DG PERRIN AND THE RT REV KH CLARKE
That in the Rules annexed to Chapter XIII of the Constitution for Glebe Rule
11 there shall be substituted:
11. The Representative Body shall have the right at any time
to appoint, at its own expense, an architect or chartered building
surveyor or suitably qualified conservation specialist for the
purpose of obtaining a report upon any glebe.
- ST THOMAS’ BELFAST (CONNOR)
REV CANON WA LEWIS
That the General Synod of the Church of Ireland, being the
chief legislative authority of the Church of Ireland, notes that
the Trustees of St. Thomas’ Church, Belfast, Diocese of
Connor, have unanimously resolved, pursuant to section 2 of the
Trustee Churches (Ireland) Act, 1884, that all trusts, powers,
declarations and provisions of the deeds of trust relating to
St. Thomas’ Church, Belfast, St. Thomas’ Rectory
or St. Thomas’ Parochial Hall should absolutely cease and
determine and that St. Thomas’ Church, Belfast, St. Thomas’ Rectory
and St. Thomas’ Parochial Hall should be vested in the
Representative Church Body subject to the laws and Constitution
of the Church of Ireland affecting churches and parochial property
in the Diocese of Connor, and approves the vesting of the above
properties in the Representative Church Body and directs that
this resolution be recorded in the Journal of the General Synod
pursuant to section 3 of the Trustee Churches (Ireland) Act,
1884.
- CHURCH OF IRELAND MARRIAGE REGULATIONS (NI)
2004
REV CANON PA HARVEY AND MRS J LEIGHTON
That the following Marriage Regulations (NI) be approved by the General Synod
of the Church of Ireland for marriages in Northern Ireland:
Full text of Motion No
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- GUIDELINES AND PROTOCOLS FOR LOCAL
COVENANT PARTNERSHIPS
REV CANON PA HARVEY AND MRS J LEIGHTON
The General Synod accepts the protocols laid out in Local Covenant Partnerships,
and commends their use for an initial experimental period of three years.
Full text of Motion No
8 in .pdf format
- 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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