Article 1 Qualifications of Persons to be Chosen or Elected by Annual Meetings

In rule 9, after paragraph (1A) there shall be inserted–

“(1B)

A baptised person who has the qualifications in sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) of paragraph (1A) of this rule and who–

(a)

is of eighteen years and upwards; and

(b)

is either a member of the parochial church council by virtue of paragraph (1A) above or a member of a local ecumenical project of which the parish forms part,

may be nominated for election as a parochial representative of the laity to the deanery synod.”