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The following Bills were lodged with the Honorary Secretaries of the General Synod before Thursday 23rd March 2017.

A Bill is a proposal for legislation which, if passed, will become a Statute, binding on all members of the Church of Ireland. The procedure is designed to ensure that the proposed legislation is considered carefully, both in principle and in detail, and that there is a day’s interval for reflection before final approval is given.
More information is available in the bills pamphlet.

Please click here to download the entire bills pamphlet & explanatory memoranda as a PDF.
Individual bills may be downloaded by clicking the relevant links below.

BILL NO. 1 – To amend Chapter XIV of the Constitution
MR GEOFFREY PERRIN
THE BISHOP OF CLOGHER
(at the request of the Representative Church Body)

BILL NO. 2 – To amend Chapter III of the Constitution
THE BISHOP OF CLOGHER
VEN ADRIAN WILKINSON

BILL NO. 3 – To amend Chapter I of the Constitution
VEN GEORGE DAVISON
MS HAZEL CORRIGAN

BILL NO. 4 – To amend Chapter IV and Chapter XIV of the Constitution
REV CANON GILLIAN WHARTON
MR KENNETH GIBSON

BILL NO. 5 – To amend the Statute of the General Synod, Chapter I of 1902, as amended by the Statutes of the General Synod Chapter V of 1920, Chapter VI of 1920 (Special Session), Chapter IX of 1971, Chapter II of 1997, and Chapter IV of 2006.
VERY REV DERMOT DUNNE
REV CANON ADRIENNE GALLIGAN

BILL NO. 6 – To amend The Table of Readings in The Book of Common Prayer
VERY REV NIGEL DUNNE
THE BISHOP OF DOWN AND DROMORE

BILL NO. 7 – To amend the Table of Readings and The Collects in The Book of Common Prayer
VERY REV NIGEL DUNNE
THE BISHOP OF DOWN AND DROMORE

The Constitution of the Church of Ireland is available to view on www.ireland.anglican.org/constitution