Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1995

6 Amendment of Church Commissioners Measure 1947

In section 6 of the [1947 No. 2.] Church Commissioners Measure 1947 for paragraph (b) (Assets Committee) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(b) the Assets Committee shall comprise—

(i) the First Church Estates Commissioner;

(ii) one Commissioner, being a clerk in holy orders appointed for three years by the Board;

(iii) not less than three nor more than five lay Commissioners appointed for three years by the Archbishop of Canterbury; and

(iv) not less than one nor more than three Commissioners appointed for three years by the Archbishop of Canterbury, after consultation with the Board, from among the twenty clerks in holy orders and laymen appointed as Commissioners by the General Synod;

the persons referred to in sub-paragraphs (iii) and (iv) above being persons who in the opinion of the Archbishop are well qualified to assist in the management of the assets of the Commissioners,”.