General Synod (Remote Meetings) (Temporary Standing Orders) Measure 2020

1 Power to make special standing orders for remote meetings of General Synod

(1) The officers of the General Synod acting jointly may make standing orders for persons to attend, speak at, vote in, or otherwise participate in meetings of the General Synod without all of the persons, or without any of the persons, being together in the same place.

(2) The officers of the General Synod are—

(a) the Archbishops of Canterbury and York,

(b) the Prolocutors of the Convocations of Canterbury and York, and

(c) the Chair and Vice-Chair of the House of Laity of the General Synod.

(3) The officers of the General Synod may exercise the power to make standing orders under this section only once; and they may not amend or revoke standing orders made under this section (but section 4 confers a power to amend or revoke on the General Synod itself).

(4) Standing orders under this section may disapply or modify provisions of the Standing Orders of the General Synod.

(5) Standing orders under this section may not include provision which would apply to business on—

(a) a Measure, Canon or other provision touching any of the matters referred to in Article 7(1) of the Constitution,

(b) a Measure or Canon to which Article 8 of the Constitution applies by virtue of paragraph (1) of that Article, or

(c) a scheme to which Article 8 of the Constitution applies by virtue of paragraph (1) or (1A) of that Article.

(6) If an office referred to in subsection (2) is vacant, the power under this section is exercisable by the holders of such of the offices as are filled acting jointly; and the duties imposed by section 2 are, accordingly, also to be carried out on that basis.

(7) In this Measure, “the Constitution” means the Constitution of the General Synod set out in Schedule 2 to the Synodical Government Measure 1969.