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Vice Chancellor Act
Topic Started: 22nd June 2014 - 06:39 PM (557 Views)
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Original Submitter: Beatrice & CGJ
Introduced: 14th June, 2014
Passed by the Senate: 22nd June, 2014
Signed by the Grand Chancellor: N/A

Votes:
-Aye: Elpidia, CGJ, Beatrice, Arpeggi, Novincia, Daveironside, Achkaerin, Dijel
-Nay: None
-Abstain: None
-Senators not voting: KaiserAdolf

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Vice Chancellor Act (2014)

An act to establish the position of Vice Chancellor within the Independent Order.

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Grand Chancellor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Short Title

(1) This act may be referred to as the Vice Chancellor Act (2014).

General Provisions

(2) The Vice Chancellor shall be appointed by the Grand Chancellor to serve at their pleasure, unless removed from office by a Vote of No Confidence in the Senate.

(3) At times when the Grand Chancellor announces a Leave of Absence lasting longer than four (4) days, the Vice Chancellor shall assume some basic duties of the Grand Chancellor to ensure continuity of government.

(4) Following a demise of the Chancellory, the Vice Chancellor shall be named the Grand Chancellor, and shall inherit the power, authority and responsibility of the position accordingly.

(5) The Grand Chancellor reserves the right to reverse any decision made by the Vice Chancellor within seven (7) days of returning from a Leave of Absence.

(6) The Vice Chancellor may not hold another office of the government of the Independent Order.

Definitions

(7) ‘Basic duties’ shall be defined as signing laws or treaties approved by the Senate, being responsible for the timely management of elections, exercising the authority to pardon convictions or to commute or reduce sentences, ensuring effective moderation of forum content, and fulfilling the Grand Chancellor's duties under The Emergency Procedures Act (2014).

(8) ‘Basic duties’ shall not include gaining access to the founding nation, being awarded administrator access to the forums, signing a law amending the Constitution, or delegating any authority held by the Grand Chancellor.

(9) The Grand Chancellor reserves the right to delegate additional authority to the Vice Chancellor, pursuant to the Constitution of the Independent Order.
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Vice Chancellor Act (2014)

An act to establish the position of Vice Chancellor within the Independent Order.

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Grand Chancellor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Short Title

(1) This act may be referred to as the Vice Chancellor Act (2014).

General Provisions

(2) The Vice Chancellor shall be appointed by the Grand Chancellor to serve at his pleasure, unless removed from office by a Vote of No Confidence in the Senate.

(3) At times when the Grand Chancellor announces a Leave of Absence lasting longer than four (4) days, the Vice Chancellor shall assume some basic duties of the Grand Chancellor to ensure continuity of government.

(4) The Grand Chancellor reserves the right to reverse any decision made by the Vice Chancellor within seven (7) days of returning from a Leave of Absence.

(5) The Vice Chancellor may not hold another office of the government of the Independent Order.

Definitions

(6) ‘Basic duties’ shall be defined as signing laws or treaties approved by the Senate, being responsible for the timely management of elections, exercising the authority to pardon convictions or to commute or reduce sentences, ensuring effective moderation of forum content, and fulfilling the Grand Chancellor's duties under The Emergency Procedures Act (2014).

(7) ‘Basic duties’ shall not include gaining access to the founding nation, being awarded administrator access to the forums, signing a law amending the Constitution, or delegating any authority held by the Grand Chancellor.

(8) The Grand Chancellor reserves the right to delegate additional authority to the Vice Chancellor, pursuant to the Constitution of the Independent Order.
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Gender-Neutral Amendment
Original Submitter(s): CGJ
Introduced: 24th January 2015
Passed by the Senate: 13th February 2015
Signed by the Grand Chancellor: 13th February 2015

Votes:
-Aye: Tytor, DaveIronside, Achkaerin, Sekkanar, Major_Thom, Cool101jr
-Nay: None
-Abstain: None
-Senators not voting: James_Ed

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Constitutional and Legislative Amendments Act (2015)

An act to amend the Constitution of the Independent Order, as well as the Vice Chancellor Act (2014), Privy Council Act (2014), Imperial Administration Act (2014), Emergency Procedures Act (2014), Peerage Act (2013), Intelligence Agency Act (2014) and Criminal Code (2013), to implement gender-neutral language in Independent Order law.


Short Title

(1) This act may be referred to as the Constitutional and Legislative Amendments Act (2015).

Constitutional Amendments

(2) Where, in sections (18) and (24), a gender-specific pronoun has been used, these shall be omitted and replaced with ‘they’.

(3) Where, in sections (24), (30) and (32), a gender-specific possessive determiner has been used, these shall be omitted and replaced with ‘their’.

(4) Section (42) shall be removed.

Amendments to the Vice Chancellor Act (2014)

(5) In section (2), omit the word ‘his’ and insert ‘their’.

Amendments to the Privy Council Act (2014)

(6) In section (5) shall be amended thusly:

“(5) The Council shall be headed by the Grand Chancellor, and shall consist of the Cabinet of the day, the Vice Chancellor, and any such members of the nobility as the Grand Chancellor sees fit to be sworn.“

(7) In section (7), omit the word ‘his’ and insert ‘their’.

(8) Section (8) shall be amended thusly:

“(8) All powers, authorities, and functions of the Grand Chancellor granted by the Constitution or Acts of the Senate are to be exercised by the Grand Chancellor with the advice of the Council. “

(9) In section (9), insert: ’(4)’ following: ‘those powers granted under Sections (3)’.

Amendments to the Imperial Administration Act (2014)

(10) In section (25), omit the words ‘him/her’ and insert ‘them’, omit the words ‘he/she’ and insert ‘they’.

Amendments to the Emergency Procedures Act (2014)

(11) Where, in sections (4) and (6), a gender-specific pronoun has been used, these shall be omitted and replaced with ‘they’.

Amendments to the Peerage Act (2013)

(12) Where, in sections (8) and (9), a gender-specific possessive determiner has been used, these shall be omitted and replaced with ‘their’.

(13) In section (9), omit the words ‘he/she’ and insert ‘they’.

Amendments to the Intelligence Agency Act (2014)

(14) In section (5), omit the word ‘his’ and insert ‘their’.

Amendments to the Criminal Code (2013)

(15) In section (15), omit the words ‘him/her’ and insert ‘them’.

Amendments to the Electoral Systems and Procedures Act (2014)

(16) In section (10), omit the word 'he' and insert 'The Grand Chancellor'.

Miscellaneous

(17) Whereby sections have been added or removed in this act, all section numbers shall be renumbered accordingly.

(18) All future legislation passed following this act must not use gender-specific terminology, unless a distinction is required.

(19) Should a gender-specific term be found in any other Act of the Senate not included in this act, section (2) of the Grammatical, Formatting and Spelling Error Corrections Act (2014) shall be interpreted to allow the Speaker to amend it to a gender-neutral term.
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Original Submitter(s): Matthew Vinage (with heavy alterations by CGJ)
Introduced: 29th July 2014
Passed by the Senate: 10th August 2014
Signed by the Grand Chancellor: 5th January 2015

Votes:
-Aye: CGJ, DaveIronside, Matthew Vinage, Achkaerin, Dijel
-Nay: None
-Abstain: None
-Senators not voting: Hypothetical Genius, KaiserAdolf

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Succession Act (2014)

An act to allow for the continuation of stable government following the demise of the Chancellory or vacancy of the Premiership, and to amend the Vice Chancellor Act (2014).


Short Title

(1) This act may be referred to as the Succession Act (2014).

Demise of the Chancellory

(2) Should the Grand Chancellor of the Independent Order go inactive for a period of seven (7) days without an official declared leave of absence, there shall be a demise of the Chancellory.

(3) Pursuant to the Vice Chancellor Act (2014), if the Vice Chancellor is unable to assume the Chancellory, then the Chancellory shall be assumed by members of the Privy Council by the date of joined the Independent Order.

(3) A member of the Privy Council entitled to assume the Chancellory may defer the position, in which case it shall be assumed by the next entitled member.

(4) Sections (2) and (3) shall remain pursuant to Section (3) of His Majesty’s Declaration of Abdication Act (2014).

Vacancy of the Premiership

(5) Should the position of Premier become vacant, then, pursuant to Section (28) of the Constitution of the Independent Order, the Vice Premier shall inherit the power, authority and responsibility of the position accordingly.

(6) Should the office of the Vice Premier also become vacant, then the Grand Chancellor shall be responsible for appointing an Acting Premier to inherit the power, authority and responsibility of the Premiership.

(7) The Vice Premier’s position shall become vacant following a resignation or if the Vice Premier does not log in to the forum for a period of seven (7) days without a declared Leave of Absence.

(8) Should there be an Early Vacancy of the Premiership, defined as being within the first twenty-three (23) days of the Premier's term, then an immediate Premier Election shall be called by the Grand Chancellor.

(9) Should there be a Late Vacancy of the Premiership, defined as being a vacancy occurring after the twenty-third (23rd) day of the Premier's term, then the Acting Premier shall, at their discretion, continue to hold the position of Acting Premier until the next due elections.

(10) Section (8) shall not apply following the declaration of either a Level One or Level Two State of Emergency, as defined by The Emergency Procedures Act (2014).

Amendments

(11) The following section shall be added after Section (3) of the Vice Chancellor Act (2014):

“(4) Following a demise of the Chancellory, the Vice Chancellor shall be named the Grand Chancellor, and shall inherit the power, authority and responsibility of the position accordingly.”


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