{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/church-representation-rules-amendment-resolution-1973/article-33",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1973/1865",
  "legislation_title": "The Church Representation Rules (Amendment) Resolution 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/church-representation-rules-amendment-resolution-1973",
  "path": "article/33",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "33",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In Appendix I, Section 4 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.\n(2) The words “To the Parochial Church Council … representatives” shall be transferred to follow immediately after the words “To the Deanery Synod … representatives”.\n(3) The paragraph beginning “Such persons” shall be omitted.\n(4) For the next following paragraph there shall be substituted the following paragraphs:—\n“A person is qualified to be elected a parochial representative of the laity to the deanery synod if—\n(a) his name is entered on the church electoral roll of the parish;\n(b) he is a member of the Church of England who is confirmed or ready and desirous of being confirmed and has received Communion according to the use of the Church of England or a Church in communion with the Church of England at least three times during the twelve months preceding the date of the election; and\n(c) he is of 18 years or upwards.\nA person is qualified to be elected a parochial representative of the laity to the parochial church council if—\n(a) his name is entered on the church electoral roll of the parish; and\n(b) he is a member of the Church of England who is confirmed or ready and desirous of being confirmed or a communicant member of a Church in communion with the Church of England and has received Communion according to the use of the Church of England or a Church in communion with the Church of England at least three times during the twelve months preceding the date of the election.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1973/1865/article/33",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:58:19.803110+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."
}