Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018

85 Fees Advisory Commission: term of office and procedure E

(1) As soon as practicable after each ordinary election of the General Synod, new members of the Fees Advisory Commission are to be nominated or appointed in accordance with section 84.

(2) A member of the Commission holds office until a new member is nominated or appointed to replace him or her under subsection (1).

(3) If a member of the Commission dies or resigns from office, the persons responsible for nominating or appointing the member under section 84 must, as soon as practicable, nominate or appoint in accordance with that section a person to fill the vacancy.

(4) A person nominated or appointed under subsection (3) holds office only for the unexpired portion of the term of office of the person whose place is being filled.

(5) A member of the Commission (including one nominated or appointed under subsection (3)) is eligible for renomination or reappointment.

[F1 (5A) If the chair of the Commission considers that it has business which can properly be conducted by correspondence, the chair may arrange for written proposals requiring the Commission's approval to be circulated to members.

(5B) Unless objection is received from members in such numbers and within such period from the date on which they were sent as the Commission may specify, the proposals are to be treated on the expiry of that period as approved by the Commission as if they had been approved at a duly convened meeting.

(5C) The Commission may delegate to the chair the approval of any matter which requires decision and which, because of its urgency, cannot be dealt with at a meeting of the Commission or by correspondence as mentioned in subsection (5A).

(5D) A delegation under subsection (5C)—

(a) may be general or specific, and

(b) is subject to such conditions as the Commission may from time to time impose.]

(6) The quorum of the Commission is three, of whom—

(a) one must be a member under section 84(2)(a), (b) or (c),

(b) one must be a member under section 84(2)(d), (e) or (f), and

(c) one must be a member under section 84(2)(g).

(7) Subject to that, the Commission may regulate its own procedure.

(8) The validity of anything done by the Commission is not affected by a vacancy in its membership.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 85(5A)-(5D) inserted (1.3.2019) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2018 (No. 7), ss. 8(4), 17(3); S.I. 2019/67, art. 2(1)(g)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 85 in force at 1.9.2018 by S.I. 2018/720, art. 2