PART 1Parsonage land
Supplementary
I115Rules
1
The power to make rules under this Part is exercisable by the Church Commissioners.
2
Provision must be made by rules for carrying this Part into effect.
3
The rules must include provision for the giving of notice—
a
where the registered patron of a benefice is subject to an incapacity;
b
where, in the case of any given benefice, there is a difficulty in determining who the registered patron is;
c
where for some other reason it is not practicable for notice to be given to the registered patron personally.
4
The rules must include provision for the Church Commissioners, in an urgent case and with the consent of the registered patron and the PCC, to give a direction to dispense with—
a
a requirement to give a notice under this Part;
b
consideration of objections or other proceedings consequent on the giving of a notice under this Part.
5
Rules under this Part—
a
must be laid before the General Synod, and
b
may not come into force unless a draft of the instrument containing the rules has been approved by the Synod, whether with or without amendment.
6
If the Business Committee of the General Synod decides that the Synod does not need to debate a draft of rules under this Part, the draft is deemed to be approved by the Synod without amendment unless notice is given by a member of the Synod in accordance with its Standing Orders that—
a
the member wishes the draft rules to be debated, or
b
the member wishes to move an amendment to the draft rules.
7
The power to make rules under this Part is exercisable by statutory instrument; and for that purpose the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 applies—
a
as if the rules had been made when the draft was approved by the Synod, and
b
as if this Measure were an Act of Parliament providing for the instrument containing the rules to be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.