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Diocesan Officers (Retirement) Ordinance 1987

Contents

• Citation
• Offices to which this ordinance applies
• Age of members
• Vacation of office
• Filling of casual vacancies
• Inconsistent provisions in other ordinances
• Amendment of ordinances by the Diocesan Secretary
• Transitional arrangements

No 28, 1987

An Ordinance to provide for the retirement of holders of certain offices on reaching the age of 72 years.

Whereas

A. The Synod, by resolution 5/86 resolved as follows -

"Synod requests the Standing Committee to prepare the necessary ordinances requiring the retirement of members on reaching the age of 72 years, from all committees, councils and corporations etc established by ordinances of Synod, excluding parish councils and church committees.".

B. The Standing Committee has prepared an ordinance accordingly.

NOW the Synod of the Diocese of Sydney HEREBY ORDAINS DECLARES DIRECTS AND RULES as follows -

Citation

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the "Diocesan Officers (Retirement) Ordinance 1987".

Commencement

2. This Ordinance shall commence on 1 July 1988.

Offices to which this ordinance applies

3. This Ordinance applies to the office of member of a board, chapter, committee, corporation, council or other body constituted, or controlled or regulated, by an ordinance of the Synod of the Diocese of Sydney or of the Standing Committee of Synod, but does not apply to -

(a) the office of member -

(i) a church committee; or

(ii) a parish council;

(b) the office of churchwarden; or

(c) an office to which the Sydney Diocesan Retirements Ordinance 1969-1985 applies.

Age of members

4. A person of or above the age of 72 years is not eligible to be elected or appointed to or to act in an office to which this Ordinance applies.

Vacation of office

5. A person shall be deemed to vacate an office to which this Ordinance applies and to which the person has been elected or appointed or in which the person acts if the person reaches the age of 72 years.

Filling of casual vacancies

6. A casual vacancy caused by the operation of this Ordinance in an office to which this Ordinance applies shall be filled in accordance with the Casual Vacancies Ordinance 1935 as if the casual vacancy arose under that

Ordinance.

Inconsistent provisions in other ordinances

7. To the extent of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Ordinance and any other ordinance applying to an office to which this Ordinance applies, the provisions of this Ordinance shall prevail.

Amendment of ordinances by the Diocesan Secretary

8. Where the provisions of another ordinance applying to an office to which this Ordinance applies are inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance, the Diocesan Secretary is hereby empowered and authorised, on the reprinting of any such other ordinance, to make such amendments to it as will remove the inconsistency.

Transitional arrangements

9. (1) A person holding an office to which this Ordinance applies and who has reached the age of 72 years before 1 July 1988 shall retire on that date.

(2) Clause 6 does not apply to a casual vacancy caused by the operation of subclause (1).

I certify that the Ordinance as printed is in accordance with the Ordinance as reported.

E D CAMERON
Chairman of Committees

We certify that this Ordinance was passed by the Synod of the Diocese of Sydney on this 12th day of October 1987.

G K CLIFTON
W G S GOTLEY
Secretaries of Synod

I assent to this Ordinance

DONALD ROBINSON
Archbishop of Sydney
13/10/1987