[F1Restrictions on membershipE
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 3 substituted (1.1.2020) by Church Representation and Ministers Measure 2019 (No. 1), s. 1(3), Sch. 1 (with Sch. 3); S.I. 2019/1460, art. 2
34(1)A person may not be a member of more than one diocesan synod at the same time unless the person is—E
(a)the chancellor of the diocese, or
(b)if a parish in the diocese has passed a resolution under the House of Bishops' Declaration on the Ministry of Bishops and Priests of 19 May 2014, a suffragan bishop chosen by the bishop of the diocese to undertake ministry in respect of that parish.
(2)The registrar of a diocese and any deputy registrar are each disqualified from—
(a)standing for election to the diocesan synod,
(b)being nominated or co-opted as a member, and
(c)being an ex officio member.]