{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/church-commissioners-measure-1947/schedule-I/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/church-commissioners-measure-1947/schedule-I/paragraph-6.json",
  "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/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Every lay Commissioner, other than a person who is a Commissioner in right of office, shall, upon appointment and before acting as a Commissioner, sign and return to an officer of the Commissioners a written declaration of —\n(a) membership of the Church of England or of a Church which subscribes to the doctrine of the Holy Trinity, and\n(b) support for the charitable objects of the Commissioners.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 6 substituted (19.5.2014) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2014 (No. 1), s. 21(2), Sch. 2 para. 3(8); S.I. 2014/1369, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 6(a)(b) substituted for words in Sch. 1 para. 6 (28.7.2021) by The Legislative Reform (Church Commissioners) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/842), arts. 1(2), 5(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/Geo6/10-11/2/schedule/I/paragraph/6",
    "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."
}