NOTICE OF SPECIAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING
Parish of St John the Evangelist, Warley & St Hilda, Halifax
The Special Parochial Church Meeting will be held in St John’s Church, Windle Royd Lane at 11:30am in the Chancel.
on the Sunday 8th October of 2023.
For election of parochial representatives of the laity as follows –
To the Deanery Synod ___3___ representatives.
To the Parochial Church Council ____9_____ representatives.
For the consideration of:
(a) a report on the numbers entered on the new Roll;
(b) other matters of parochial or general Church interest.
In this Notice, ‘parish’ means an ecclesiastical parish.
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Vicar
Notes
1 Every lay person whose name is entered on the Church Electoral Roll of the parish (and no other person) is entitled to vote at the election of parochial representatives of the laity.
2 A person is qualified to be elected a parochial representative of the laity if –
(a) his or her name is entered on the Church Electoral Roll of the parish and, unless he or is under 18, has been entered there for at least the preceding six months;
(b) he or she is an actual communicant (which means that he has received Communion according to the use of the Church of England or of a Church in communion with the Church of England at least three times during the twelve months preceding the date of the election);
(c) he or she is at least 16; and
(d) he or she is not disqualified as referred to in paragraph 3 of these Notes (see overleaf).
3 (1) A person is disqualified from being nominated, chosen or elected or from serving as a churchwarden or a member of a parochial church council, a district church council or a joint council if the person is disqualified from being a trustee of a charity (and the disqualification is not subject to a waiver which permits membership of a parochial church council, district church council or joint council).
(2) A person is disqualified from being nominated, chosen or elected or from serving as a member of a parochial church council, a district church council, a joint council or a deanery synod if the person is included in a barred list (within the meaning of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006).
(3) A person is disqualified from being nominated, chosen or elected or from serving as a member of a parochial church council, a district church council, a joint council or a deanery synod if the person has been convicted of an offence mentioned in Schedule 1 to the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (with that expression being construed in accordance with Rule 71(2) of the Church Representation Rules).
(4) A person’s disqualification under sub-paragraph (3) may be waived by the bishop of the diocese by giving the person notice in writing.
St Hilda's Church, Halifax 