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Paragraph 62 F1

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(1)

A person is disqualified from being nominated or elected or from serving as a member of the General Synod if the person holds or takes a paid office or employment the appointment to which is, or may be, made or confirmed by—

(a)

the General Synod,

(b)

the Convocations,

(c)

the Archbishops' Council,

(d)

the Church Commissioners,

(e)

the Church of England Pensions Board, or

(f)

the Corporation of the Church House.

(2)

A person is not disqualified under paragraph (1)(d) merely because the person is appointed as a Church Commissioner in receipt of a salary or other emoluments.

(3)

A person is disqualified from being nominated, chosen or elected or from serving as a member of a PCC if the person has been disqualified from holding office under section 10(6) of the Incumbents (Vacation of Benefices) Measure 1977 (breakdown of pastoral relationships).

(4)

Nothing in this Part of these Rules, so far as relating to membership of a PCC, affects the application of any enactment F2, or any order of the High Court in the exercise of its jurisdiction in relation to charities, providing for the disqualification of a person from being a trustee of a charity (and, accordingly, from being a member of a PCC).

(5)

For further provision as to disqualification, see Rule 68 (safeguarding).

(6)

For provision as to disqualification from being elected as a churchwarden, see section 2 of the Churchwardens Measure 2001.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 3 substituted (1.1.2020) by Church Representation and Ministers Measure 2019 (No. 1), s. 1(3), Sch. 1 (with Sch. 3); S.I. 2019/1460, art. 2

F2

Words in Sch. 3 rule 62(4) inserted (6.9.2025) by The Church Representation Rules (Amendment) (No. 2) Resolution 2025 (S.I. 2025/995), paras. 1(2), 5

Notes on Schedule 3

Modifications

C1

Sch. 3 modified by Cathedrals Measure 1963 (No. 2), s. 12(3) (as substituted (1.6.1992) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1992 (No. 1), s. 17(1), Sch. 3 para. 10;Instrument dated 27.5.1992 made by Archbishops of Canterbury and York.

Sch. 3 modified (30.6.1999) by Cathedrals Measure 1999 (No. 1), ss. 12(4), 38(2)(3) (with ss. 33, 37, 38(5)(6))

C2

Sch. 3 applied by Churchwardens Measure 2001 (No. 1), s. 5(7) (as substituted (19.5.2014) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2014 (No. 1), s. 21(2), Sch. 2 para. 15; S.I. 2014/1369, art. 2)

C3

Sch. 3: power to modify conferred (coming into force in accordance with s. 53(3) of the amending Measure) by Cathedrals Measure 2021 (No. 2), ss. 41(2)(d), 53(3) (with ss. 42(4), 48, 52(1))

C4

Sch. 3 modified (coming into force in accordance with s. 53(3) of the amending Measure) by Cathedrals Measure 2021 (No. 2), ss. 40(3), 53(3) (with ss. 42(4), 48, 52(1)) (as amended (coming into force in accordance with s. 22(3) of the amending Measure) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2024 (No. 1), s. 22(3), Sch. 1 para. 24)