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HYPERLINKED ACTS AND REGULATIONS LIST

Overview

Available to download below is an electronically inter-linked full version of the acts and regulations of the General Assembly to 2006. This version has been kindly donated and maintained by the Rev Bryan Kerr of the Douglas Valley Church.
Photograph of Dr Elliot (right) and David Lacy
Dr Alison Elliot and the Right Rev David Lacy at the 2005 Assembly
This file enables users, who have the supporting software, to save the entire listing to their local computer to quickly and easily search the acts and regulations by using the hyperlinked index.

To use this version in a zipped Word document format requires Microsoft Word (or compatible) and zip extraction software. This is a large file and may take some time to download on a standard connection. If your computer does not have Microsoft Word (or compatable) installed you can download a free Microsoft Word Viewer. Please note this link will take you out of the Church of Scotland website and open a new browser window.

Please note that this is an additional service for those wishing to update or save the full list of acts and regulations in electronic linkable format. If you cannot access this file it is recommended that you use the individual downloads facility on our acts and regulations pages.

Instructions

  1. Click above link and save to your local computer.
  2. Extract using Zip extraction software.
  3. Open 'Start Here.doc' and then follow the instructions.
A readme.txt file is also included.

Download the zipped hyperlink version:
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If you have any difficulties opening or operating this file, please contact Mr Kerr direct via email at
Email us
 bryan@douglasvalleychurch.org

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In this section
Introduction
Welcome to the church law and constitution extranet pages

Acts of the General Assembly
The full list of acts from the General Assembly

Regulations of the General Assembly
The complete list of legislative regulations from the General Assembly

The Barrier Act 1697
A fundamental Act requiring the General Assembly to consult the Church widely when innovating core areas

Hyperlinked acts and regulations list
An electronically inter-linked full version of the acts and regulations of the General Assembly

Westminster Confession of Faith
The confession of our Church's doctrine, subordinate only to the Bible

Church constitution
The Articles Declaratory of the Constitution of the Church of Scotland

An introduction to practice and procedure
The annually updated publication incorporating the preceding General Assembly's changes

Contact details
Contact information for Church law and doctrine queries


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