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Synodical Government Measure 1969
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- Pt. 11 words substituted by 2024 No. 1 s. 11(5)(a)
- Sch. 3 rule 83A applied by 1986 gsm 3, s. 12(10) (as inserted) by 2024 No. 1 Sch. 2 para. 3
- Sch. 3 rule M8(2A) inserted by 2024 No. 1 s. 17(2)
- Sch. 3 rule 83A inserted by 2024 No. 1 Sch. 2 para. 1
- Sch. 3 rule 31(3)(c) word substituted by 2020 No. 2 s. 2(1)(d)
- Sch. 3 rule 23(1)(a) words inserted by 2024 No. 1 Sch. 1 para. 2
- Sch. 3 rule 40(9) words inserted by S.I. 2020/406 para. 9(1)
- Sch. 3 rule 68(7)(a) words substituted by 2024 No. 1 s. 11(5)(a)
- Sch. 3 rule 69(6)(a) words substituted by 2024 No. 1 s. 11(5)(a)
- Sch. 3 rule 69(11)(d) words substituted by 2024 No. 1 s. 11(5)(a)
- Sch. 3 rule 71(1) words substituted by 2024 No. 1 s. 11(5)(a)
- Sch. 3 rule 45(5) words substituted by 2024 No. 1 s. 17(1)
[F1M6(1)The annual meeting must, in the manner provided by Rule M9, do the following things in the following order—E
(a)elect in every third year parochial representatives of the laity to the deanery synod;
(b)elect parochial representatives of the laity to the PCC.
(2)The annual meeting, having conducted the elections under paragraph (1), must appoint a person who is not a member of the PCC to be the independent examiner or auditor of the PCC for a term of office ending at the conclusion of the next annual meeting.
(3)It is for the PCC to pay the remuneration of a person appointed under paragraph (2).
(4)A person may be appointed as the independent examiner of the PCC only if the person comes within the description given in section 145(1)(a) of the Charities Act 2011 (independent person with requisite ability and experience etc.).
(5)A person may be appointed as the auditor of the PCC only if the person is eligible as the auditor of a charity under section 144(2) of that Act (eligibility as statutory auditor).
(6)The annual meeting may not appoint sidesmen; the duty to do so is imposed on the PCC by section 2(2)(f) of the Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956.
(7)In the case of a new parish (see Rule M3), a special meeting must (in addition to its other business) decide on the number of members of the PCC who are to be elected representatives of the laity until the annual meeting held in the following year; and that number need not accord with the number provided for under Rule M15(8).]
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F1Sch. 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
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