Article 27

In rule 39(5) after the words “occurrence of the vacancy” there shall be inserted the words “In the event of a casual vacancy in the House of Laity of the General Synod not being filled within six months of the occurrence of the vacancy, the vacancy shall remain unfilled until the next general election of the House of Laity.”

In rule 39(6), for the words from “the date of” where first occurring to “subsequent” there shall be substituted the words “1st August in the year of the last general election to that House or the date of any subsequent declaration of the result of an” and for the words “upon the principle of proportional representation” there shall be substituted the words “by the method of the single transferable vote”.

In rule 39(6), for the words from “the bishop's council” to “agree” there shall be substituted the words “within three months of the occurrence of the vacancy the bishop's council and standing committee, acting in accordance with any directions of the diocesan synod, so decide.”

At the end of rule 39(7) there shall be inserted the words—

“ Provided that no continuing candidate elected during the original count shall be excluded. ”