Parish Administration Ordinance 2008

The Parish Administration Ordinance 2008 (often summarised as the PAO) provides the rules by which parishes in the Diocese are administered.

»  Link to ordinance:   Parish Administration Ordinance 2008

Schedule 1 or Schedule 2?

The Parish Administration Ordinance 2008 contains two Schedules of rules. A parish is administered by either Schedule1 or Schedule 2 -

• Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 Parishes: An explanation
• List of the parishes administered under Schedule 2

Regulations made under the Parish Administration Ordinance 2008

• Regulations re alterations to churches under Part 1 of Chapter 5 of the Schedules to the Parish Administration Ordinance 2008.

Reference notation

Throughout this website, the rules set out in the Schedules to the PAO are referenced using the following notation style:

"rule(s) "  |  Schedule number "S1" or "S2"  |  a colon as separator ":"  |  rule number(s) "x.y".

Some examples:

• "rule 3.3 in Schedule 1 of the PAO" is denoted as "rule S1:3.3"
• "rules 3.4 in Schedule1 and 3.3 in Schedule 2 of the PAO" is denoted as "rules S1:3.4 & S2:3.3"
• "rule 5.1 in both Schedules 1 and 2" is denoted as "rule S1&S2:5.1"  

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