General Synod - Constitution Amendment (Rights of Non-Members of the General Synod) Canon 1995 Assenting Ordinance 1996

No 33, 1996

An Ordinance to assent to Canon No 17, 1995 of the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Australia.

The Synod of the Diocese of Sydney Ordains -

Name

1. This Ordinance is the General Synod - Constitution Amendment (Rights of Non-Members of the General Synod) Canon 1995 Assenting Ordinance 1996.

Assent to Canon No 17, 1995

2. The Synod assents to Canon No 17 of 1995 of the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Australia, the text of which is set out in the Schedule.

Schedule

A Canon to amend the Constitution with respect to the persons who may be present at and move motions before the General Synod.

The General Synod prescribes as follows -

1. This canon may be cited as the “Constitution Amendment (Rights of Non-Members of General Synod) Canon 1995”.

2. There shall be added at the end of clause 15 of the Constitution the following -

“The person who holds office as General Secretary or Treasurer of the General Synod shall be entitled to attend the meetings of the General Synod and shall be entitled to propose motions and speak. However, unless such a person is otherwise a member of the General Synod, that person shall not be permitted to vote nor to be counted in a quorum.”

I Certify that the Ordinance as printed is in accordance with the Ordinance as reported.

N.M. CAMERON
Chairman of Committees

We Certify that this Ordinance was passed by the Synod of the Diocese of Sydney on 28 October 1996.

W.G.S. GOTLEY
B.G. MARSH
Secretaries of Synod

I Assent to this Ordinance.

R.H. GOODHEW
Archbishop of Sydney
28/10/1996