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Church of England Trust.

REGULATIONS FOR TRUSTEES' MEETINGS.

(Cap. 277, Section 9.) (Ordinance No. 2 of 1930.)

[6th Feb., 1931.]

1. In the event of death, incapacity to act, or resignation, of any lay trustee, or in the case of a trustee being absent for six months or more, the trustees shall request the church council repre- sented by such absent trustee to nominate some qualified person to act in his or her place until the next annual church meeting.

2. The statutory meeting shall be held as soon as possible after the annual church meetings, and further meetings at such other times as business may require.

3. At the statutory meeting the trustees may elect a treasurer, a secretary and an auditor for the ensuing year. Any casual vacancies in such offices shall be filled either at a special meeting called for that purpose or by consent of the trustees signified in writing on a paper circulated for that purpose.

4. Chater (Cathedral) and Chater (St. Andrew's) Endowment Funds. In respect of investments under the Chater (Cathedral) and Chater (St. Andrew's) Endowment Funds, the procedure shall be that before the statutory meeting the honorary treasurer shall obtain from the trustees of the Chater Endowment Funds a revised state- ment of investments then representing the trust funds, and copies of such statement shall be forwarded to the respective church councils and submitted to the trustees at the statutory meeting.

5. Church councils: accounts and reports. Prior to the statutory meeting, the honorary treasurer shall obtain statements of accounts from the respective church councils, and forward the same to the trustees at least a week before the statutory meeting.

[CAP. 277

Regulations— Fraser, vol. 3,

p. 1077.

REGULATIONS FOR CHURCH COUNCILS. (Cap. 277, Section 9.)

[18th Jan., 1930.]

Regulations-- Fraser, vol. 3, D. 1078.

Meaning of

1. In these regulations the expression "church councils" means the bodies constituted under that name by or under the Church of expression England Trust Ordinance.

2.

Every church council shall consist of-

(a) the incumbent or clergyman in charge;

(b) the senior licensed assistant clergyman, if any;

com-

(c) such number of lay representatives (who may be of either sex) as the annual church meeting may from time to time decide. Such lay representatives must be actual municant members of the Church of England of twenty- one years of age and upwards and not entered upon the electoral roll of any other church in the Diocese. No candidate may be elected who has not previously consented to serve. The number may be altered from time to time by a resolution passed at an annual church meeting of the church concerned but so that the alteration shall not take effect till the year following the date at which it is made;

"church councils." (Cap. 277.)

Constitution

of church councils.

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