Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Measure 2009

8Codes of PracticeE

(1)It shall be the duty of the Archbishops' Council to formulate guidance for the purposes of this Measure and to promulgate such guidance in one or more Codes of Practice.

(2)The Archbishops' Council may amend or replace any Code of Practice by a further Code of Practice issued under this section.

(3)A Code of Practice shall be laid before the General Synod and shall not come into force until approved by the General Synod, whether with or without amendment.

(4)Where the Business Committee of the General Synod determines that a Code of Practice does not need to be debated by the General Synod then, unless—

(a)notice is given by a member of the General Synod in accordance with its Standing Orders that he or she wishes the Code to be debated, or

(b)notice is so given by any such member that he or she wishes to move an amendment to the Code,

the Code shall, for the purposes of subsection (3) above, be deemed to have been approved by the General Synod without amendment.

(5)Any person or body carrying out functions under this Measure or Regulations shall have regard to any Code of Practice issued under this section.

Commencement Information

I1S. 8 in force at 24.11.2009 by S.I. 2009/2, Instrument made by Archbishops