# The Church Representation Rules (Amendment) (No. 1) Resolution 2025, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Resolution)
This Resolution amends the Church Representation Rules as set out in Schedule 3 to the Synodical Government Measure 1969.
The amendments relate to the timetable for elections to the House of Laity of the General Synod.
Paragraph 2(1) changes the length of the elections period from three months to 100 days.
Paragraph 2(2) and (12) enable the Church Representation Rules to make provision by reference to the election timetable set in the procedural rules under Rule 56.
Paragraph 2(3) inserts a new element into the election process, namely a duty on the presiding officer to send all the electors an initial letter about the election process. Paragraph 2(8) is consequential on that.
Paragraph 2(4) to (6) and (9) acknowledge that certain time limits will be set by the timetable in the procedural rules under Rule 56 rather than in the Church Representation Rules themselves.
Paragraph 2(7) and (11) move the provisions about inspection of the register of electors from the Church Representation Rules to the procedural rules under Rule 56.
Paragraph 2(10) requires each invitation to make a nomination to specify that the name of each person nominating a candidate will appear alongside the candidate’s name on the invitation to vote.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/994/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/church-representation-rules-amendment-no-1-resolution-2025/note
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