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DIOCESE OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY
THE OFFICE OF ASSISTANT BISHOP ORDINANCE
No. 1 of 2011
BE IT ORDAINED by the Synod of the Diocese of the Northern Territory as follows.
TITLE 1. This Ordinance shall be called “The Office of Assistant Bishop Ordinance 2011”.
CREATION 2. The Synod hereby creates the office of Assistant Bishop: in the Diocese, of which there may be more than one. The Bishop may appoint and license a cleric to such an office, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance and “The Clergy Appointment and Regulation Ordinance 1974 – 2005.”
PREREQUISITES 3. Any appointment must first be agreed as to the cleric to be appointed and the terms of the appointment, including the matters referred to in Section 5. Agreement shall be signified by a resolution of Diocesan Council (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Council”) which recites the details agreed and which is passed by a majority of at least two-thirds of the members of the Council including the Bishop.
4. Such as resolution as aforesaid shall not be considered by the Council except upon it receiving from the Bishop at least four weeks prior notice in writing, which notice shall give a summary of the outcome of the consultation process referred to in section 5.
5. In the event of the Bishop contemplating an appointment to the office of Assistant Bishop, the Bishop shall initiate a consultation process with the Council, or such delegates of the Council as it may nominate The said process shall investigate and assess all matters as to the appropriateness of an appointment and of the proposed appointee, including: the justification for an appointment, the areas of responsibility and duty to be involved, other terms and conditions associated with the appointment (including proposed emoluments) and the practical resources required to support the appointment. The consultation shall proceed as the parties concerned agree (by a majority which incudes the Bishop) to be appropriate to reach the point of either not appointing or the Bishop giving the notice referred to in section 4.
6. The Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia and the Metropolitan of the Province of Queensland must each be
notified of any intended appointment, in the same manner as the Council pursuant to section4.
7. A cleric appointed to the office of Assistant Bishop shall not be consecrated unless his or her appointment has first been confirmed by the Primate and the aforesaid Metropolitan as to canonical fitness and the Primate has informed the Bishop in writing that a majority of the Metropolitans are satisfied with the sufficiency of the proposed emoluments referred to in section 5.
GENERAL SYNOD 8. ”The Assistant Bishops’ Canon, 1966” of the General Synod is hereby adopted by the Diocese.
Law/Office Assistant Bishop Ord