Part III Redundant Churches
Appointment of statutory bodies for purposes relating to redundant churches
45Power to establish new body to replace the Advisory Board and the Redundant Churches Fund
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The Standing Committee of the General Synod may make an order—
a
establishing a body corporate by such name as may be specified in the order and constituting the body in accordance with subsection (3);
b
making such other provision with respect to the constitution, and such provision with respect to the finances, staff and procedure, of that body, as the Standing Committee considers expedient;
c
transferring to that body all functions, property, rights and liabilities which immediately before the order comes into operation are functions, property, rights and liabilities of the Advisory Board for Redundant Churches or the Redundant Churches Fund;
d
dissolving the said Board and the said Fund on the day on which the order comes into operation; and
e
making such modifications of the provisions of any enactment relating to the said Board or the said Fund as the Standing Committee considers are appropriate in consequence of the dissolution.
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Before making an order under this section the Standing Committee shall consult the Prime Minister, the Secretary of State, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the Commissioners, the Advisory Board for Redundant Churches and the Redundant Churches Fund.
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The body to be established by an order under this section shall consist of a chairman and such number of other members as may be specified in the order.
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The chairman of the body established by an order under this section and one half of the other members shall be appointed by Her Majesty on the advice of the Prime Minister given after consultation with the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, and the remaining members shall be appointed by the said Archbishops acting jointly after consultation with the Prime Minister; but no Commissioner, no member of a committee constituted by or under the M1Church Commissioners Measure 1947 or appointed by the Board of Governors of the Commissioners and no member of the Standing Committee of the General Synod shall be eligible for appointment as the chairman or a member of that body.
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An order under this section may empower the body established by the order to pay out of its resources a salary to one of its members.
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An order under this section may be varied by a subsequent order thereunder.
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Every order under this section shall be laid before the General Synod and shall not come into operation unless and until it has been approved by the General Synod and by resolution of each House of Parliament.
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The M2Statutory Instruments Act 1946 shall apply to any order approved by the General Synod under subsection (7) as if it were a statutory instrument and were made when so approved.