SCHEDULES
C1SCHEDULE 3 Church Representation Rules
Part V House of Laity of General Synod
Ex-officio and Co-opted Members of the House of Laity
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1
The following persons, if they are not in Holy Orders, shall be ex-officio members of the House of Laity;—
a
the Dean of the Arches and Auditor;
F2b
the Vicar-General of the Province of Canterbury;
F3c
the Vicar-General of the Province of York;
F3d
the three Church Estate Commissioners;
F3e
the Chairman of the Central Board of Finance.
F4(f) the Chairman of the Church of England Pensions Board.
2
The House of Laity shall have power to co-opt persons who are F5. . . F6actual lay communicantsof F7eighteen years or upwards to be members of the House of Laity:
Provided that:—
a
the co-opted members shall not at any time exceed five in number; and,
b
no person shall be qualified to become a co-opted member unless not less than two-thirds of the members of the Standing Committee of the House of Laity shall have first consented to his being co-opted, either at a meeting of the Standing Committee or in writing.
3
Except in regard to their appointment, the ex-officio and co-opted members shall have the same rights and be subject to the same rules and regulations as elected members:
4
Co-opted members shall continue to be members of the House of Laity until the next dissolution of the General Synod, but without prejudice to their acting under Article 3(4) of the Constitution during the period of the dissolution F10or to their continuing to be ex-officio members of other bodies constituted under these rules during that period:
Provided that the House of Laity may, in the case of any co-opted member, fix a shorter period of membership.
5
The House of Laity may make standing orders for regulating the procedure of and incidental to the appointment of co-opted members and otherwise for carrying this rule into effect.
Sch. 3 modified by Cathedrals Measure 1963 (No. 2), s. 12(3) (as substituted (1.6.1992) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1992 (No. 1), s. 17(1), Sch. 3 para. 10;Instrument dated 27.5.1992 made by Archbishops of Canterbury and York.
Sch. 3 modified (30.6.1999) by 1999 No. 1, ss. 12(4), 38(2)(3) (with ss. 33, 37, 38(5)(6))