SCHEDULE CONSTITUTION AND PROCEDURE OF DIOCESAN COMMITTEES AND PROVINCIAL TRIBUNALS

Part I Consitution of Diocesan Committees

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1

As soon as practicable after the passing of this Measure and after the next and every subsequent election of diocesan synods—

a

the house of clergy of each such synod shall, in such manner as that house may determine, appoint from among the clerks in Holy Orders beneficed in or licensed to any parish in the diocese twelve persons to form the panel of clerks in Holy Orders qualified to be members of a diocesan committee of enquiry for the purposes of this Measure; and

b

the house of laity of each such synod shall, in such manner as that house may determine, appoint from among the persons whose names are on the church electoral roll of any parish in the diocese twelve persons to form the panel of lay persons qualified to be members of such a committee.

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Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, persons appointed to any such panel shall hold office for a term ending with the appointment of their successors and, on a casual vacancy among the persons appointed under this paragraph by either house, another person shall be appointed in his place, in such manner as that house may determine, for the remainder of that term.

3

If at the date of the making of appointments under this paragraph an enquiry is pending before any such committee, the members of that committee shall continue to be qualified to act as such until the completion of the enquiry.