Synodical Government Measure 1969

[F1 56 (1) The General Synod must make rules relating to the conduct of an election to the House of Laity (including an election to fill a casual vacancy). E

(2) The rules may, in particular, make provision as to—

(a) the system by which, and the manner in which, the election is to be conducted;

(b) the process for issuing invitations to nominate and for the lodging and scrutiny of nominations;

(c) the conditions for the validity of a nomination;

(d) the preparation, circulation and distribution of election addresses and other election papers;

(e) the conditions for the validity of a vote in the election;

(f) the functions which the presiding officer is required or authorised to carry out in connection with the election;

(g) the assistance which the body nominated under Rule 53(2) may provide to a presiding officer;

(h) the entitlement of a presiding officer to a fee for the exercise of a function in connection with the election and the entitlement of the body nominated under Rule 53(2) to a fee for the assistance it provides to a presiding officer;

(i) the liability to pay the expenses of the election.

(3) The rules may, in so far as they provide for an election to the House of Laity to involve a system of electronic voting, modify the application of any provision of these Rules.

(4) The rules may—

(a) make different provision for different cases;

(b) make provision which applies generally or for specified cases or subject to specified exceptions;

(c) make supplementary, transitional or saving provision;

(d) make provision which confers a discretion on a person.

(5) The rules are to be made in accordance with the Standing Orders of the General Synod.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 3 substituted (1.1.2020) by Church Representation and Ministers Measure 2019 (No. 1), s. 1(3), Sch. 1 (with Sch. 3); S.I. 2019/1460, art. 2