The General Assembly, seeking to update the legislation relating to travelling expenses, preaching fees, and resident supply, enact and ordain as follows: 1. Travelling expenses. Travelling and accommodation expenses incurred when carrying out duties for the Church shall be paid by the relevant body. 1.1. Boards and Committees. Expenses …
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The General Assembly endorse the Board’s plan to support growth through a change to the remittances scheme. They declare that the congregational fixed allowance be reduced from £25,000 to £23,000, and that the fixed allowance for assistant ministers be reduced from £15,000 to £14,000, effective 1st January 2018. The …
The General Assembly instruct any congregation, committee or board to make early contact with the Church’s Compliance Officer for advice when considering employing any person from outside the European Union, whether in a paid or unpaid role and regardless of the length of stay. The General Assembly, considering there …
1. The General Assembly instruct any congregation, committee or board to make early contact with the Church’s Compliance Officer for advice when considering employing any person from outside the European Union, whether in a paid or unpaid role and regardless of the length of stay. 2. The General Assembly …
The General Assembly remind both congregational courts and Presbyteries of their obligations to ensure compliance with all employment legislation pertaining to any persons they may engage or appoint on a contract basis. Accordingly they instruct them to ensure compliance with all appropriate employment legislation, and to have in place …
The General Assembly endorse the conclusions arrived at in the Board of Trustees’ review of the current system of congregational remittances and approve the proposed changes to the system. They declare as follows: The Central Projects Levy shall be renamed as the Mission Levy and the Additional Contributions shall …
The General Assembly direct that extract minutes from the General Assembly to Presbyteries, Kirk Sessions and Deacons’ Courts, be made known to all members of the relevant Court, the means to achieve this to be left to the discretion of the Courts themselves. …
The General Assembly re-enact the regulations relating to Ministers’ Expenses as follows: 1. The General Assembly ordain that legitimate expenses incurred by ministers or lay preachers in the course of their duties shall be reimbursed, or met directly where appropriate, by their congregations. Such expenses shall include council tax, …
1. The General Assembly support the proposals for a new remittance system and instruct the Board to take steps to implement these proposals from January 2010. The new system shall have the following elements: 1.1 Congregations with a settled ministry shall remit to central funds the full costs of …
1. The Commission of Assembly receive the report of the Stewardship and Policy Committee. They approve the congregational constitutions attached and thank the Committee. 2. The Commission of Assembly support the view of the Committee and instruct all congregations to submit an application for registration for separate charitable status …