{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/church-of-england-miscellaneous-provisions-measure-1992/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/church-of-england-miscellaneous-provisions-measure-1992/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukcm/1992/1",
  "legislation_title": "Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/church-of-england-miscellaneous-provisions-measure-1992",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Amendment of Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963.",
  "text": "The Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963 shall have effect subject to the following amendments—\n(a) in section 55 (deprivation of priest or deacon following certain proceedings in secular courts)—\n(i) in subsection (2) the words from “, within twenty-eight days” to “conclusive,” shall be omitted;\n(ii) in subsection (3) at the beginning there shall be inserted the words “ Subject to the provisions of the following subsection ” and the words “, within two months after the date mentioned in that subsection,” shall be omitted;\n(iii) after subsection (3) there shall be inserted the following subsection—\n“(3A) A declaration shall not be made under this section after the expiry of the period of three years beginning with the date on which the sentence, decree, finding or order, as the case may be, becomes conclusive.”;\n(b) in section 56 (deprivation of bishop or archbishop following certain proceedings in secular courts)—\n(i) in subsection (1) at the beginning there shall be inserted the words “ Subject to the provisions of the following subsection ” and the words from “, within two months” to “conclusive,” shall be omitted;\n(ii) after subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following subsection—\n“(1A) A declaration shall not be made under this section after the expiry of the period of three years beginning with the date on which the sentence, decree, finding or order, as the case may be, becomes conclusive.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1963 No. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 7 wholly in force at 1.6.1992 see s. 19(2) and Instrument dated 27.5.1992 made by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/1992/1/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:22:53.022769+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."
}