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Greetings, good gentles of Atlantia!
These pages contain the most recent updates to the Great Book of
Law, the Book of Policy, and the Kingdom Financial Policy.
All changes made by our Crown and Great Officers of State are posted
here to keep you informed of these changes in a timely manner.
If you have suggestions for improvements to these pages, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours in service,
Master Rhys Terafan Greydragon
Atlantian Kingdom Clerk of Law
The following Law change was published in the April 2013 Acorn.
[Change Section 1.2]
From: In accordance with Corpora IV F, laws must be proclaimed in order to take effect. Laws must be submitted for publishing as an electronic newsletter supplement, at or before the Crown's last court to be valid. The law changes shall not be published without electronic approval from the Crown.
To: In accordance with Corpora IV F, laws must
be proclaimed in order to take effect. Laws must be submitted for
publishing in the Kingdom Newsletter, “The Acorn” , at or before the Crown's last court to be valid. The law changes shall not be published without electronic approval from the Crown..
[Create 1.4 Kindom Legal Committee]
1.4 Kingdom Legal Committee
The Kingdom Legal Committee shall consist of three members:
- One of whom is the Clerk of Law, the committee
chair, in accordance with section 5.14.3.
- One appointed by the Kingdom Seneschal.
- One appointed by the Crown. The member appointed by the Crown must be a member of a Peerage.
1.4.1 The Kingdom Legal
Committee shall convene at least twice a year to review any changes to
Corpora, Society Policy, Kingdom Law, and Kingdom Policy to identify and
review any possible conflicts. As a minimum, the committee shall meet in
the 60 days prior to each Coronation.
1.4.2 The Kingdom Legal
Committee shall provide recommendations for changes to Kingdom Law or
Policy within 14 days following Coronation to the King-dom Seneschal,
the Crown, and any Great Officer whose policies are affected.
1.4.3 The initial term of office
is hereby defined as three (3) years. Other than the Clerk of Law, whose
tenure is defined by section 5.5, subsequent renewal terms for other
Legal Committee members are two (2) years. Members who wish to serve an
additional term may request it. The request must be approved by the
Kingdom Seneschal, the Crown, and the other Committee members.
1.4.4 Any member of the Kingdom
Legal Committee may be removed with the consent of the Kingdom Seneschal
and the Crown.
[Three bullets added to Section 2.1]
- Document all pollings, both written and verbal,
for all Polling Orders for pollings conducted during Their reign.
- Maintain a complete record of all awards given
during Their reign.
- Maintain any regalia entrusted to the Crown. Notify Kingdom Chamberlain immediately if regalia is lost and/or damaged
in any way.
[Change Section 2.6]
From:
2.6 Transfer of Royal
Records
- The outgoing Crowns must transfer all required
polling information and commentary to Their Successors no later than
seven (7) days after Coronation.
-
Baronial pollings and Pollings of Confidence
must be destroyed at the completion of a Reign.
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All Treaties and related correspondence shall be
transferred to the Kingdom Seneschal within seven (7) days of
Coronation.
-
All correspondence concerning a sanction,
including emails, notes, and records, must be transferred to the
incoming Crowns and the Kingdom Seneschal no later than seven (7) days
after Coronation.
To:
2.6 Royal Records
2.6.1 Royal Records are defined as:
- Polling records for all Order pollings
(Written and Verbal) for pollings conducted during the course of Their
reign, whether acted upon or not, including all commentary.
- All correspondence concerning sanctions,
complaints, or investigations in progress, including emails, notes,
letters, and all other records relating to these.
- Pending correspondence in relation to treaties
or charters.
- Pending official correspondence from any Society Officer.
2.6.2 Baronial pollings and Pollings of Confidence must be destroyed at the completion of a Reign.
2.6.3 Transfer of Royal Records
- The outgoing Crowns must transfer all Royal
Records to Their Successors no later than seven (7) days after
Coronation.
- All Treaties and related correspondence shall
also be transferred to the Kingdom Seneschal within seven (7) days of
Coronation.
- Copies of all correspondence concerning
sanctions, complaints, or investigations in progress, including
emails, notes, and records, must also be transferred to the Kingdom
Seneschal no later than seven (7) days after Coronation.
- Copies of any pending official correspondence from any Society Officer must also be transferred to the Kingdom Seneschal no later than seven (7) days after Coronation.
[Bullet defining
Emergency Curia added to top paragraph of Section 3 :]
- An Emergency Curia Regis is defined as an
assembly called by the Crown in order to consult and receive advice on
the administration and governance of the Kingdom for the limited purpose
of resolving conflicts between modern law, Corpora, Society Policy,
and/or some other Society directive and Kingdom Law. No other business
may be conducted at an Emergency Curia.
[Change Section 3.3]
From:
3.3 Curia Regis Notification
Requirements
Notification for meetings of Curia Regis shall
include:
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The date, time, place, agenda and proposed
wording for any Kingdom law changes must be published in the Kingdom
newsletter’s electronic supplement at least thirty (30) days prior to
the date of Curia.
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Emergency meetings of Curia Regis shall be
called by an electronic letter of notification to the members of Curia
Regis. This notification shall be sent at least ten (10) days
before the date of Curia and shall include the reason for the emergency
meeting. An emergency meeting shall be limited to the topic(s)
listed in the letter of notification.
To:
3.3 Curia Regis Notification Requirements
Notification for meetings of Curia Regis shall
include:
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The date, time, place (event),
agenda must be announced in the Kingdom Newsletter, “The
Acorn” at least thirty (30) days prior to the date of
Curia.
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The proposed wording for any Kingdom law
changes must be published in the Kingdom Newsletter, “The
Acorn”, or in the Kingdom newsletter’s electronic supplement at
least thirty (30) days prior to the date of Curia. If proposed
wording is published in the electronic supplement, the curia
announcement in the kingdom newsletter must specifically state that the
proposed wording is in the electronic supplement.
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Emergency meetings of Curia Regis shall be
called by an emergency mailing to the members of Curia
Regis. This notification shall be sent at least ten (10) days before the
date of Curia and shall include the reason for the emergency meeting. An
emergency meeting shall be limited to the topic(s) listed in the letter
of notification
[Bullet added to section 5.14.3]
[First bullet of section 7.4 changed]
From: • One appointed by the Kingdom Seneschal. This member shall chair the committee.
To: • The Kingdom Event Bid
Coordinator, the committee chair, in accordance with 5.14.6.
[Section 7.4.1 changed]
From: 7.4.1 Kingdom Event Bid Committee
Tenure and Renewal Terms
The initial term of office is hereby defined as
three (3) years. Subsequent renewal terms are two (2) years. Members who
wish to serve an additional term may request it. The request must be approved by the appropriate Great Officer of State, the Crown, and the other Committee members.
To: 7.4.1 Kingdom Event
Bid Committee Tenure and Renewal Terms
The initial term of office is hereby defined as
three (3) years. Other than the Kingdom Event Bid Coordinator,
whose tenure is defined by section 5.5, subsequent renewal terms
are two (2) years. Members who wish to serve an additional term may
request it. The request must be approved by the appropriate Great Officer
of State, the Crown, and the other Committee members.
[New section 7.4.2 added]
7.4.2 Kingdom Event Bid Committee Member Removal
Any member of the Kingdom Event Bid Committee may
be removed with the consent of the appointing officer (Kingdom Seneschal or, the Kingdom Exchequer), and the Crown.Represent the Kingdom Seneschal’s office on the Kingdom Legal Committee and act as the committee chair
[Last bullet of section 8.12 changed]
From: • All Verbal pollings must take place at an event that has appeared on the Kingdom Calendar.
To: • All verbal pollings must take
place at an Order meeting at an event that has appeared on the Kingdom Calendar.
[Two additional bullets added to section 8.12]
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A verbal polling is only open for the duration
of the Order meeting in which the polling is conducted.
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Order members must be present at the meeting in
which the verbal polling is conducted to be included in the verbal
polling. Verbal pollings may not be con-ducted by proxy.
[Additional bullet added to section 8.14]
[Major bullets under section
10.1 were numbered as 10.1.1, 10.1.2, and 10.1.3]
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