{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/church-representation-rules-amendment-resolution-1981/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/church-representation-rules-amendment-resolution-1981/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1981/959",
  "legislation_title": "The Church Representation Rules (Amendment) Resolution 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/church-representation-rules-amendment-resolution-1981",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Formation of roll",
  "text": "In rule 1, after paragraph (4) there shall be inserted—\n“(4A) Where a new parish is created by a pastoral scheme, the roll of that parish shall in the first instance consist—\n(a) in the case of a parish created by the union of two or more former parishes, of the rolls of those parishes combined to form one roll;\n(b) in any other case, of the names of the persons whose names are at the date of the coming into existence of the new parish entered on the roll of a parish the whole or any part of which forms part of the new parish and who are either resident in the new parish or have habitually attended public worship therein”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/959/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:36:40.652839+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."
}