Section 14Part 3 — Anglican Church of the Cayman Islands
Constitution of Council
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There shall be a council consisting of not less than eight nor more than ten persons and shall include the Bishop, the Chancellor, the Chairperson of the Financial Board, the Diocesan Secretary, the Suffragan Bishops, the Superintending clergy of the Church and two members of the Church resident in the Islands and selected in the manner most acceptable to the Church.
The Chairperson of the Council shall be the Bishop or the Chairperson's nominee, and a quorum of the Council shall be such number as the Council may fix from time to time.
At meetings of the Council all matters shall be determined by a simple majority vote and a decision or resolution of Council shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be the decision of a simple majority of the members of Council for the time being.
In any case in which voting is equal, the Chairperson shall, in addition to an original vote, have a casting vote.
Subject to subsection (3), the Council shall have the power to regulate its own procedure.