Miscellaneous

Code of Practice
39
1
It shall be the duty of the Clergy Discipline Commission to formulate guidance for the purposes of the Measure generally and, with the approval of the Dean of the Arches and Auditor, to promulgate the guidance in a Code of Practice.
2
The Clergy Discipline Commission may at any time amend or replace a Code of Practice issued under subsection (1) above by a further Code of Practice issued in accordance with the provisions of this section.
3
A Code of Practice shall be laid in draft before the General Synod and, if it is approved by the General Synod without amendment, the Code shall be issued by the Clergy Discipline Commission.
3A
If the Code has been approved by the General Synod with amendment, it shall be referred to the Clergy Discipline Commission.
3B
Where a draft Code of Practice is referred to the Clergy Discipline Commission under subsection (3A) above, then the Commission may either—
a
issue the Code as so amended, or
b
withdraw the Code for further consideration in view of any amendment by the General Synod,
and the Code shall not come into force until it has been approved by the General Synod and issued by the Commission.
4
Where the Business Committee of the General Synod determines that a Code of Practice does not need to be debated by the General Synod then, unless—
a
notice is given by a member of the General Synod in accordance with its Standing Orders that he wishes the Code to be debated, or
b
notice is so given by any such member that he wishes to move an amendment to the Code,
the Code shall, for the purposes of subsection (3) above, be deemed to have been approved by the General Synod without amendment.
S. 39 in force at 1.10.2003 by S.I. 2003/3, Instrument made by Archbishops
S. 39(3)-(3B) substituted for s. 39(3) (1.7.2013) by Clergy Discipline (Amendment) Measure 2013 (No. 2), s. 10(2), Sch. para. 10; S.I. 2013/2, art. 2