{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/chancel-repairs-act-1932/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/chancel-repairs-act-1932/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5/22-23/20",
  "legislation_title": "Chancel Repairs Act 1932",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/chancel-repairs-act-1932",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:—\n“Chancel” means the chancel of any church of or belonging to a benefice;\n“Prescribed” means prescribed by rules of court;\n“Responsible authority,” in relation to a chancel, means the parochial church council of the parish in which the chancel is situate, or, in a case where there is no such council, the incumbent and churchwardens of that parish.\n(2) For the purpose of this section the expressions “benefice,” “church” and “parochial church council” have the meanings respectively assigned to them by the Interpretation Measure 1925.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 4(1) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 64(c); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1925 No. 1."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/22-23/20/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:38:00.368911+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."
}