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Diocesan Autonomy and National Coherence in the Anglican Church of Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 December 2007

Garth Blake SC
Garth Blake SC
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Barrister, Sydney Member of the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Australia
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Ecclesiastical Law Journal , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , January 2008 , pp. 92 - 96
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References

1 Kaye, B, A Church Without Walls: being Anglican in Australia (Melbourne, 1995), pp 44–45Google Scholar.

2 TT Reed, ‘The Diocese and the National Church’, Clerical Conference, Diocese of Adelaide, May 1956, p 48, quoted in Davis, John, Australian Anglicans and their Constitution (Canberra, 1993), p 159Google Scholar.

3 Kaye, B, ‘The emergence and character of Australian Anglican identity’, in Kaye, B (ed) Anglicanism in Australia: a history (Victoria, 2002), p 163Google Scholar.

4 The Constitution can be found on the website of the Anglican Church of Australia at <http://www.anglican.org.au/docs/ACAConstitution-2003.pdf>, accessed 2 October 2007.

5 The Appellate Tribunal, which is established by s 57(1) of the Constitution, consists of seven members, three of whom are diocesan bishops, and four of whom are laypersons, each of whom must be qualified to be a lay representative of a diocese and must be or have been a judicial officer or legal practitioner of at least ten years' standing. The jurisdiction of the Appellate Tribunal includes determining under s 30(c)(iii) of the Constitution a difference of opinion between a diocese and the Standing Committee of the General Synod whether a Canon affects the order and good government of the Church within a diocese, and determining under s 63 of the Constitution a question arising under the Constitution.

6 The Special Tribunal Canon 2004 can be found on the website of the Anglican Church of Australia at <http://www.anglican.org.au/docs/Canon2004-07SpecialTribunalCanon.pdf>, accessed 2 October 2007.

7 The National Register Canon 2004 can be found at <http://www.anglican.org.au/docs/Canon2004-12NationalRegister.pdf>, accessed 2 October 2007.

8 The determination can be found at <http://www.anglican.org.au/docs/AT2007-4April30dec.pdf>, accessed 2 October 2007.

9 The Special Tribunal Canon Repeal Canon 2007 can be found at <http://www.anglican.org.au/docs/GS07Canon%2012Special%20Tribunal%202004%20Repeal.pdf>, accessed 5 November 2007.

10 The Special Tribunal Canon 2007 can be found at <http://www.anglican.org.au/docs/GS07Canon%2013SpecialTribunalCanon.pdf>, accessed 5 November 2007.

11 The National Register Canon 2007 can be found at <http://www.anglican.org.au/docs/GS07Canon%2015National%20Register%20Canon%202007.pdf>, accessed 5 November 2007.