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Synodical Government Measure 1969
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Officers of the council.E
1(a)The minister of the parish shall be chairman of the parochial church council (hereinafter referred to as “the council”).
(b)A lay member of the council shall be elected as vice-chairman of the council.
(c)During the vacancy of the benefice [F1or]when the chairman is incapacitated by absence or illness or any other cause [F2or when the minister invites him to do so]the vice-chairman of the council shall act as chairman and have all the powers vested in the chairman.
(d)The council may appoint one of their number to act as secretary of the council. If no member is appointed so to act the council shall appoint some other fit person with such remuneration (if any) as they shall think fit. The secretary shall have charge of all documents relating to the current business of the council except that, unless he is the electoral roll officer; he shall not have charge of the roll. He shall be responsible for keeping the minutes, shall record all resolutions passed by the council and shall keep the secretary of the diocesan synod and deanery synod informed as to his name and address.
(e)The council may appoint one or more of their number to act as treasurer solely or jointly. Failing such appointment, the office of treasurer shall be discharged [F3by some other fit person or] jointly by such of the churchwardens as are members of the council, or, if there is only one such churchwarden, by the churchwarden solely. No remuneration shall be paid to any person in respect of his appointment as treasurer.
(f)The council shall appoint an electoral roll officer, who may but need not be a member of the council and may be the secretary, and if he is not a member may pay to him such remuneration as it shall think fit. He shall have charge of the roll.
F4(g). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F5(g)If an auditor to the Council is not appointed by the annual meeting or if an auditor appointed by the annual meeting is unable or unwilling to act, an auditor (who shall not be a member of the Council) shall be appointed by the Council.The remuneration (if any) of the auditor shall be paid by the Council.]
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F1Word substituted by S.I. 1980/178, para. 19.
F2Words inserted by S.I. 1980/178, para. 19.
F3Words in Sch. 3 Appendix II para. 1(e) inserted (1.1.1995) by S.I. 1994/3118, para. 60.
F4Sch. 3 Appendix II para. (1)(g) omitted (1.1.1995) by virtue of S.I. 1994/3118, para. 61.
F5Sch. 3 Appendix II para. (1)(g) inserted (1.1.1995) by S.I. 1994/3118, para. 61.
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