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SYNOD ACT AMENDMENT ACT 2009 (BALLARAT DIOCESE)

A Bill for an Act No. 6, 2009

A Bill for an Act to amend the Synod Act 1988-2000

Synod Act Amendment Act 2009

Be it enacted by the Bishop the Clergy and the Laity of the Anglican Church of Australia in the Diocese of Ballarat duly met in Synod according to law as follows:

1. This Act may be cited as the ‘Synod Act Amendment Act 2009’.
   
2. For the purpose of this Act, the Synod Act 1988-2000 shall be known as ‘the principal Act’.
   
3. This Act comes into operation on the date on which it receives the assent of the Bishop.
   
4. Section 28 of the principal Act is amended by deleting the words ‘the Chairman of each of the Missionforce Committees’.
   
5. Sections 30 is inserted into the principal Act after Section 29 as follows:-
   
   30. The Bishop shall convene at least one session of the Synod in every calendar year.”
       
6. Section 18 of the Principal Act is amended by deleting the word ‘fourteen’ and replacing it with the word ‘thirty’.