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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/church-commissioners-measure-1947/schedule-I/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukcm/Geo6/10-11/2",
  "legislation_title": "Church Commissioners Measure 1947",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/church-commissioners-measure-1947",
  "path": "schedule/I/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Commissioners shall be—\n(a) the following office-holders—\nthe First Lord of the Treasury;\nthe Lord President of the Council;\nthe Lord Chancellor;\n...\nthe Speaker of the House of Commons;\nthe Speaker of the House of Lords;\nthe Secretary of State for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport;\n(b) the following other persons—\nthe Archbishops of Canterbury and York;\nthe Church Estates Commissioners;\nfour bishops elected by the House of Bishops of the General Synod from among their number;\ntwo deans ... elected by all the deans ... ;\nthree other clerks in Holy Orders elected by those members of the House of Clergy of the General Synod who are not deans , whether or not those clerks are members of that House ...;\nfour lay persons elected by the House of Laity of the General Synod , whether or not those persons are members of that House;\nnine persons nominated as follows—\n(i) three persons by Her Majesty,\n(ii) three persons by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York acting jointly, and\n(iii) three persons by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York acting jointly after consultation with the Lord Mayors of the City of London and the City of York, the Vice Chancellors of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and such other persons as appear to the Archbishops to be appropriate;\nat least one of those nine persons being or having been of Counsel to Her Majesty.",
  "extent": "E",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. I para. 1 substituted (1.1.1999) by 1998 No. 1, s. 7(1), Sch. 4 para. 8(a); Instrument dated 14.10.1998 made by Archbishops of Canterbury and York"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 1 substituted (22.8.2007) by Secretary of State for Justice Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2128), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 omitted (22.6.2006) by virtue of Lord Chancellor (Transfer of Functions and Supplementary Provisions) (No.3) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1640), art. 1(a), Sch. 1 para. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 inserted (22.6.2006) by Lord Chancellor (Transfer of Functions and Supplementary Provisions) (No.3) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1640), art. 1(a), Sch. 1 para. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(b) omitted (1.10.2006) by virtue of Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 (No. 1), s. 16(2), Sch. 2 para. 4(1)(a); 2006 No. 2, Instrument made by Archbishops"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(b) added (1.10.2006) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 (No. 1), s. 16(2), Sch. 2 para. 4(1)(a); 2006 No. 2, Instrument made by Archbishops"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(b) inserted (1.10.2006) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 (No. 1), s. 16(2), Sch. 2 para. 4(1)(a); 2006 No. 2, Instrument made by Archbishops"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1 transfer of functions (22.8.2007) by Secretary of State for Justice Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2128), arts. 1(2), 4(3) (with art. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Sch. I para. 1: Power to amend conferred (1.1.1999) by 1998 No. 1, s. 13(2); Instrument dated 14.10.1998 made by Archbishops of Canterbury and York"
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:23:58.609043+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."
}