The General Assembly approve the recommendations of the Board of Trustees in relation to an expedited process for dealing with petitions relating to properties held under the Model Trust Deed. They enact and ordain as follows: 1. The General Assembly, with reference to the Acts of the General Assembly …
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The General Assembly instruct that transactions relating to properties held under the Model Trust Deed may be carried out by, or under the oversight of, a suitably qualified person in the employ of the Church, if available, or by the Church’s Law Agent. …
The General Assembly endorse the view of the Board of Trustees that manses remain an important basis for pastoral ministry and reinforce the principle in Act II, 1991, that, in holding a charge, a minister is obliged to occupy the manse. …
The General Assembly decree that congregations in receipt of grants from the Church and Manse Building Fund for major projects shall not make appeals to the Church at large without the express approval of the Presbytery of the bounds and the Finance, Law and Advisory Committee. …
The General Assembly endorse the principle that, in holding a charge, a minister is obliged to occupy the manse. They further ordain that authorisation for the sale of a manse on the grounds that a minister may wish to occupy his own house be refused. …
The General Assembly authorise the Committee on Buildings Maintenance to give at its discretion grants and/or loans from the Church and Manse Building Fund in the following circumstances: (1) where assistance is needed with the cost of a survey required in connection with a quinquennial visitation Buildings Certificate; (2) …
The General Assembly, desiring that the fabric of churches, halls and manses be preserved from decay, that the cost of repairs be lessened by constant attention to the condition of buildings, and that the church be not burdened by the upkeep of buildings no longer fully utilised, enact that; …
The General Assembly direct that all Deacons’ Courts and local Finance Committees note the advice of the General Trustees regarding the organisation of building work. The advice is as follows: All professional services should be the subject of a written contract paid for at prescribed rates and the documentation …
The General Assembly direct that when Petitions for sale with proposed findings are included in the Committee’s submissions to the Assembly or its Commission, the Presbytery concerned shall appoint one of their number to answer such questions bearing on the local situation as members of Assembly or Commission may …
The General Assembly direct that the Church Extension Committee shall not undertake to provide church or manse buildings in any new Charge until they are satisfied that that Charge has the numerical and financial resources necessary to an independent existence. The General Assembly exhort Presbyteries to exercise due deliberation …