The Committee on Canons is responsible for drafting changes to the Scottish Episcopal Church's Code of Canons, the set of rules by which the Church has organised itself since the first set of six Canons were drawn up in 1727.
The Committee is given instructions by the General Synod or its boards and committees, or by the College of Bishops, and the draft amendments are then presented to the Faith and Order Board before being proposed to the General Synod.
If approved there, the proposals are then sent to the Diocesan Synods of the Church before returning to the General Synod for a second reading. Proposals which clear all these hurdles are then come into effect forty days after second reading.
The Committee also reviews Canons from time to time in order to ensure the smooth functioning of this part of the church's life, and advises other boards and bommittees on canonical matters.
The Code of Canons
The Code of Canons, together with the Digest of Resolutions of the General Synod, is issued in a ring-binder, and additions are sent out to registered holders of copies of the Code each year following the meetings of the General Synod.
Both publications can be downloaded from this section's Code of Canons page.
