Synodical Government Measure 1969

Officers of the council. E

1 (a) The minister of the parish shall be chairman of the parochial church council (hereinafter referred to as “the council”).

(b) A lay member of the council shall be elected as vice-chairman of the council.

(c) During the vacancy of the benefice [F1 or] when the chairman is incapacitated by absence or illness or any other cause [F2 or when the minister invites him to do so] the vice-chairman of the council shall act as chairman and have all the powers vested in the chairman.

[F3 (d) (i) The Council may appoint one of their number to act as secretary of the Council. Failing such appointment the office of secretary shall be discharged by some other fit person who shall not thereby become a member of the Council, provided that such person may be co-opted to the Council in accordance with the provisions of rule 14(1)(h);

(ii) where a person other than a member of the Council is appointed to act as secretary, that person may be paid such remuneration (if any) as the council deems appropriate provided that such person shall not be eligible to be a member of the council;]

[F4 (iii)] The secretary shall have charge of all documents relating to the current business of the council except that, unless he is the electoral roll officer; he shall not have charge of the roll. He shall be responsible for keeping the minutes, shall record all resolutions passed by the council and shall keep the secretary of the diocesan synod and deanery synod informed as to his name and address.

[F5 (e) (i) The council may appoint one or more of their number to act as treasurer solely or jointly. Failing such appointment, the office of treasurer shall be discharged either—

• by such of the churchwardens as are members of the council or, if there is only one such churchwarden, by that churchwarden solely; or

• by some other fit person who shall not thereby become a member of the council, provided that such person may be co-opted to the council in accordance with the provisions of rule 14(1)(h).

(ii) where a person other than a member of the Council is appointed to act as treasurer that person may be paid such remuneration (if any) as the Council deems appropriate provided that such person shall not be eligible to be a member of the Council.]

(f) The council shall appoint an electoral roll officer, who may but need not be a member of the council and may be the secretary, and if he is not a member may pay to him such remuneration as it shall think fit. He shall have charge of the roll.

F6 (g) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F7 (g) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F8 (g) If an independent examiner or auditor to the Council is not appointed by the annual meeting or if an independent examiner or auditor appointed by the annual meeting is unable or unwilling to act, an independent examiner or auditor (who shall not be a member of the council) shall be appointed by the council for a term of office ending at the close of the next annual meeting. The remuneration (if any) of the independent examiner or auditor shall be paid by the council.]

[F9 (h) For the purposes of this paragraph, where a special cure of souls in respect of a parish has been assigned to a vicar in a team ministry, or where there has been no such assignment but a special responsibility for pastoral care in respect of the parish has been assigned to a member of the team under section 20(8A) of the Pastoral Measure 1983, that vicar or that member, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be the minister unless incapacitated by absence or illness or any other cause, in which case the rector in the team ministry shall be deemed to be the minister.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Word substituted by S.I. 1980/178, para. 19.

F2 Words inserted by S.I. 1980/178, para. 19.

F3 Sch. 3 Appendix 2 para. 1(d)(i)(ii) substituted for words (1.1.2000) by The Church Representation Rules (Amendment) Resolution 1999 (S.I. 1999/2112), paras. 23(a), 24(3)

F4 Words in Sch. 3 Appendix 2 para. 1(d) renumbered as para. 1(d)(iii) (1.1.2000) by The Church Representation Rules (Amendment) Resolution 1999 (S.I. 1999/2112), paras. 23(a), 24(3)

F5 Sch. 3 Appendix 2 para. 1(e) substituted (1.1.2000) by virtue of The Church Representation Rules (Amendment) Resolution 1999 (S.I. 1999/2112), paras. 23(b), 24(3)

F6 Sch. 3 Appendix II para. (1)(g) omitted (1.1.1995) by virtue of S.I. 1994/3118, para. 61.

F7 Sch. 3 Appendix II para. (1)(g) omitted (1.5.1997) by virtue of S.I. 1995/3243, para. 12.

F8 Sch. 3 Appendix II para. (1)(g) inserted (1.5.1997) by virtue of S.I. 1995/3243, para. 12.

F9 Sch. 3 Appendix II para. (1)(h) inserted (1.5.1996) by 1995 No. 1, s. 11; Instrument dated 12.2.1996 made by Archbishops of Canterbury and York.