{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-of-churches-and-ecclesiastical-jurisdiction-measure-1991/schedule-3/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-of-churches-and-ecclesiastical-jurisdiction-measure-1991/schedule-3/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukcm/1991/1",
  "legislation_title": "Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-of-churches-and-ecclesiastical-jurisdiction-measure-1991",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 6 (interpretation)—\n(a) after the definition of “the bishop” there shall be inserted the following definition:—\n““church” means—\n(a) any parish church other than one to which the Care of Cathedrals Measure 1990 applies;\n(b) any other church or chapel (not being a cathedral church to which the Care of Cathedrals Measure 1990 applies or a church or chapel which is not subject to the jurisdiction of the bishop of a diocese or the Cathedral Church of Christ in Oxford) which has been consecrated for the purpose of public worship according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England; and\n(c) any building licensed for public worship according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England other than—\n(i) a building which is in a university, college, school, hospital or public or charitable institution but which has not been designated under section 29(2) of the 1983 Measure as a parish centre of worship;\n(ii) a building which has been excluded from the provisions of this Measure by direction of the bishop with the approval of the advisory committee; and\n(iii) a building used solely for the purpose of religious services relating to burial or cremation;”;\n(b) at the end there shall be inserted the following definitions:—\n““qualified person” means a person registered under the Architects Registration Acts 1931 to 1969 or a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors qualified as a chartered building surveyor;\n“ruin” means any site comprising the remains of any building above the surface of the land, not being—\n(a)a monument (within the meaning of section 3 of the Faculty Jurisdiction Measure 1964); or\n(b)a site which is for the time being used for the purpose of public worship according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/1991/1/schedule/3/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:22:54.341531+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}