The Church Representation Rules (Amendment) Resolution 1973

5.  After rule 4 there shall be inserted the following rule:—

“4A.— (1) A person whose name is entered on the roll of a guild church shall for the purpose of the provisions of these rules which prescribe the qualifications for election to a deanery synod, a diocesan synod or the House of Laity of the General Synod, or for membership of a deanery synod under rule 19(3)(b), be deemed to be a person whose name is on the roll of the parish in which the guild church is, and references in those provisions or in rule 1(3) to a person whose name is on the roll of a parish or on the roll of each of two or more parishes, and in rule 37 to entry on the roll of a parish, shall be construed accordingly.

(2) In this rule “guild church” means a church in the City of London designated and established as a guild church under the City of London (Guild Churches) Acts 1952 and 1960(1).”

(1)

15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2 c. xxxviii; 8 & 9 Eliz. 2 c. xxx.