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REGULATIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Regulations: 1929 to 2009

The regulations of the General Assembly are available below as downloads in both Microsoft Word [.doc] rich text [.rtf] and text only [.txt] formats. Subjects can be found by first downloading the alphabetical index in pdf format* then cross referencing with the acts listed by year. This information will be updated as soon as possible following the end of each annual General Assembly at the end of May.

Downloads

Regulations index (combined with acts)
Download zip file of all acts and regulations

Regulations:

1962
1972
1979
1995

1996
1998
1999
2000

2001
2003
2004
2005

2007
2008
2009

Index of Acts and Regulations

(revised to 2009)

[.pdf]
(64KB)

	[.doc]	[.rtf]	[.txt]
1962 Regulation 5	(20KB)	(10KB)	(1KB)
1972 Regulation 1	(21KB)	(11KB)	(2KB)
1979 Regulation 7	(26KB)	(16KB)	(6KB)
1995 Regulation 5 Regulation 7	(38KB) (31KB)	(26KB) (24KB)	(11KB) (7KB)
1996 Regulation 2	(24KB)	(18KB)	(3KB)
1998 Regulation 1 Regulation 3 Regulation 6	(44KB) (27KB) (92KB)	(34KB) (9KB) (109KB)	(14KB) (2KB) (39KB)
1999 Regulation 1	(36KB)	(33KB)	(4KB)
2000 Regulation 5 Regulation 6	(47KB) (29KB)	(46KB) (32KB)	(13KB) (4KB)
2001 Regulation 2 Regulation 3 Regulation 4	(28KB) (27KB) (33KB)	(7KB) (29KB) (37KB)	(2KB) (1KB) (5KB)
2003 Regulation 7 Regulation 8	(27KB) (26KB)	(10KB) (15KB)	(3KB) (7KB)
2004 Regulation 2	(29KB)	(12KB)	(3KB)
2005 Regulation 1 Regulation 2 Regulation 3 Regulation 4	(36KB) (26KB) (25KB) (28KB)	(6KB) (20KB) (12KB) (10KB)	(2KB) (8KB) (1KB) (4KB)
2007 Regulation 1 Regulation 2 Regulation 3 Regulation 5 Regulation 6 Regulation 7	(26KB) (46KB) (42KB) (25KB) (30KB) (29KB)	(10KB) (37KB) (32KB) (7KB) (16KB) (21KB)	(3KB) (11KB) (8KB) (2KB) (6KB) (4KB)
2008 Regulation 4 Regulation 7 Regulation 8	(27KB) (27KB) (32KB)	(50KB) (8KB) (13KB)	(1KB) (1KB) (5KB)
2009 Regulation 1	(41KB)	(50KB)	(9KB)

Download all Acts and Regulations

For users wishing to download an entire copy of all the acts and regulations to their computers, a zip file is available below.

To use this version, you will need Microsoft Word (or compatible) and zip extraction software. If your computer does not have Microsoft Word, you can download a free Microsoft Word viewer here (this link will take you of the Church's website and open a new browser window.)

Click on the link and save to your computer, then extract the contents. A copy of the index of acts and regulations is included.

[.zip]
(739KB)

* To view PDF documents we recommend using Adobe Reader software, which is available to download for free from the Adobe website.

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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

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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