Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2024

21 Orders: procedure

(1) An order under section 7 (lay residentiary canons: consequential provision) or paragraph 10 of Schedule 2 (remote meetings) may not be made unless—

(a) a draft of the order has been laid before the General Synod and approved by it with or without amendment, and

(b) the draft so approved has been referred to the Archbishops’ Council.

(2) On referral of the draft under subsection (1)(b), the Archbishops’ Council must—

(a) if the draft was approved without amendment, make the order by applying its seal, or

(b) if the draft was approved with amendment—

(i) make the order by applying its seal, or

(ii) withdraw the draft for further consideration.

(3) An order under section 7 or paragraph 10 of Schedule 2 may not come into force unless it has been sealed by the Archbishops’ Council.

(4) If the Business Committee of the General Synod determines that a draft of an order under section 7 or paragraph 10 of Schedule 2 does not need to be debated by the Synod, the draft is to be treated as approved without amendment for the purposes of this section unless a member of the Synod gives notice in accordance with its Standing Orders that the member—

(a) wishes the draft order to be debated, or

(b) wishes to move an amendment to it.

(5) The power to make an order under section 7 or paragraph 10 of Schedule 2 is exercisable by statutory instrument; and the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 applies—

(a) as if the order had been made by a Minister of the Crown, and

(b) as if this Measure were an Act of Parliament providing for the instrument containing the order to be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.