(1)In section 1 of the General Synod (Remote Meetings) (Temporary Standing Orders) Measure 2020 (special standing orders)—
(a)omit subsection (5) (which prohibits business relating to Article 7 or 8 of the Constitution at a remote meeting), and
(b)omit subsection (7) (which defines “the Constitution” for the purposes of the Measure).
(2)In section 3 of that Measure (operation of special standing orders)—
(a)in subsection (5), for paragraph (b) substitute—
“(b)are instead to continue in operation (with or without amendment) either for such period as the General Synod may specify in the resolution or for an indefinite period.”,
(b)in subsection (6), for “for such period as the General Synod specifies in the resolution” substitute “either for such period as the General Synod may specify in the resolution or for an indefinite period”, and
(c)in subsection (7), after “inconsistent” insert “; and “the Constitution” means the Constitution of the General Synod set out in Schedule 2 to the Synodical Government Measure 1969”.
(3)The General Synod (Remote Meetings) (Temporary Standing Orders) Measure 2020 may be cited as the General Synod (Remote Meetings) Measure 2020; and, accordingly, in section 5(1) of that Measure (short title), omit “(Temporary Standing Orders)”.
Commencement Information
I1S. 1 in force at 25.1.2024, see s. 22(2)(a)