[F15A(1)The chairman of [F2the Commissioners,] the Board or of any committee may, if he considers that any business can properly be conducted by correspondence, instruct the secretary of [F2the Commissioners,] the Board or of the committee to circulate to [F2the Commissioners,] the Board or the committee in writing or by electronic transmission proposals requiring the approval of [F3the Commissioners or (as the case may be) the members of the Board or committee].U.K.
(2)Unless objections to the proposals are received from any members in such numbers and within such period from the date of their posting or transmission (as the case may be), as may be specified in Standing Orders, the proposals shall be deemed, at the expiry of that period, to be approved by the Board or the committee with the same effect as if they had been approved at a duly convened meeting.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 4 para. 5A inserted (19.5.2014) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2014 (No. 1), s. 21(2), Sch. 2 para. 3(9); S.I. 2014/1369, art. 2
F2Words in Sch. 4 para. 5A(1) inserted (28.7.2021) by The Legislative Reform (Church Commissioners) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/842), arts. 1(2), 6(2)(a)
F3Words in Sch. 4 para. 5A(1) substituted (28.7.2021) by The Legislative Reform (Church Commissioners) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/842), arts. 1(2), 6(2)(b)