Rule 1 Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

This Resolution may be cited as the Church Representation Rules (Amendment) (No. 1) Resolution 2025.

This Resolution comes into force the day after the day on which it is laid before Parliament.

This Resolution does not apply to an election held, or to be held, before the next dissolution of the Convocations of Canterbury and York for the purposes of the Church of England Convocations Act 1966^f1.

A reference in this Resolution to a numbered Part or Rule is to the Part or Rule so numbered in the Church Representation Rules.