Qualification of Elected MembersE
31[F1(1)Subject to the provisions of rule 1(3) and of paragraphs (1A) and (1B) of this rule, a lay person shall be qualified for election for any diocese by the diocesan electors of the diocese if—
(a)he is an actual communicant member of the Church of England,
(b)he is of eighteen years of age on the date of the dissolution of the General Synod;
(c)his name is at 6.00 a.m. on the date of dissolution of the General Synod entered on the roll of any parish in the diocese or who at any time within the period of two months beginning one month immediately before that date is declared by the dean of the cathedral church to be a habitual worshipper at that cathedral church.]
[F2(1A)[F3Subject to the provisions of rule 1(3) and of paragraph (1B) of this rule,] Any lay person who is an actual communicant member of the Church of England or of a Church in communion with that Church and if eighteen years or upwards whose name is entered on the electoral roll of any chaplaincy in the diocese in Europe shall be qualified for election by the diocesan electors of that diocese.]
[F4(1B)A person shall be disqualified from being nominated for election as a member of the General Synod if he holds any paid office or employment appointment to which is or may be made or confirmed by the General Synod, the Convocations, the Central Board of Finance, the Chucrch Commissioners for England (except that such disqualification shall not apply to any Commissioner so appointed in receipt of a salary or other emoluments), the Church of England Pensions Board or the Corporation of the Church House.]
[F5(2)Where a diocese is divided into two or more areas in accordance with rule 32(2), any person who under this rule is qualified for election for the diocese shall be qualified for election for any such area whether or not the parish on whose roll his name is entered, or the cathedral church at which he is a habitual worshipper, is situated in that area, but no person shall be nominated for more than one such area at the same time.]
Textual Amendments
F1Rule 31(1) substituted by S.I. 1984/1039, para. 22(1)
F2Rule 31(1A) inserted by Diocese in Europe Measure 1980 (No. 2, SIF 21:1), Sch. 2 para. 3
F3Words inserted by S.I. 1984/1039, para. 22(2)
F4Rule 31(1B) inserted by S.I. 1984/1039, para. 22(3)
F5Rule 31(2) inserted by S.I. 1973/1865, para. 19(3)