{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/church-representation-rules-amendment-resolution-1973/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/church-representation-rules-amendment-resolution-1973/article-5.json",
  "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/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "After rule 4 there shall be inserted the following rule:—\n“4A (1) A person whose name is entered on the roll of a guild church shall for the purpose of the provisions of these rules which prescribe the qualifications for election to a deanery synod, a diocesan synod or the House of Laity of the General Synod, or for membership of a deanery synod under rule 19(3)(b), be deemed to be a person whose name is on the roll of the parish in which the guild church is, and references in those provisions or in rule 1(3) to a person whose name is on the roll of a parish or on the roll of each of two or more parishes, and in rule 37 to entry on the roll of a parish, shall be construed accordingly.\n(2) In this rule “guild church” means a church in the City of London designated and established as a guild church under the City of London (Guild Churches) Acts 1952 and 1960. ”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2 c. xxxviii; 8 & 9 Eliz. 2 c. xxx."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1973/1865/article/5",
    "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."
}