The Church Representation Rules (Amendment) Resolution 2004

Number of elected members

12.  In rule 36—

(a) in paragraph (1) for “170” there shall be substituted “136” and for “80” there shall be substituted “59”, before the words “Ex-officio” there shall be inserted the words “The representatives of the religious communities referred to in rule 35(1)(b), the elected or chosen persons referred to in rule 35(1)(d),” and the words “the representatives of the religious communities referred to in Rule 35(1) and” shall be omitted;

(b) in paragraph (2) for the words “November in the fourth” there shall be substituted the words “February in the fifth”, for the words “68 to 32” there shall be substituted the words “70 to 30”, after the words “among the dioceses” there shall be inserted the words “(using such divisor method as may from time to time be specified for the purpose by the Business Committee of the General Synod)” and for the words “certified under the following paragraph” there shall be substituted the words “on the rolls of the parishes of the diocese in question”;

(c) paragraph (3) shall be omitted; and

(d) in paragraph (5) the words “before the fourth year after the last preceding election of the House of Laity or” and the words “during that year” shall be omitted.