# The Church Representation Rules (Amendment) Resolution 1980, Article 17: Construction of references to parish, laity etc


(1) In rule 44(1), in the definition of “parish”, the words “and has a separate curate licensed thereto” shall be omitted.
(2) After rule 44(2) there shall be inserted:—
“(3) Where a person has executed a deed of relinquishment under the Clerical Disabilities Act 1870 and the deed has been enrolled in the High Court and recorded in the registry of a diocese under that Act then, unless and until the vacation of the enrolment of the deed is recorded in such a registry under the Clerical Disabilities Act 1870 (Amendment) Measure 1934, that person shall be deemed not to be a clerk in Holy Orders for the purpose of paragraph (2) above or of any other provision of these rules which refers to such a clerk.”
(3) The present paragraphs (3), (4), (5) and (6) of rule 44 shall be re-numbered (4), (5), (6) and (7) respectively.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1980/178/article/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/church-representation-rules-amendment-resolution-1980/article-17
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