{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/church-representation-rules-amendment-resolution-1994/article-53",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/3118",
  "legislation_title": "The Church Representation Rules (Amendment) Resolution 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/church-representation-rules-amendment-resolution-1994",
  "path": "article/53",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "53",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In Appendix I, in sections 2 and 3 the paragraph beginning “Under the Church Representation Rules” shall be omitted and there shall be inserted—\n“Under the Church Representation Rules any persons are entitled to have their names entered on the roll, if they—\n(i) are baptized and aged 16 or over;\n(ii) have signed a form of application for enrolment;\n(ii) and either\n(iii) are members of the Church of England or of any Church in communion with the Church of England being resident in the parish or (not being resident in the parish) having habitually attended public worship in the parish during the six months prior to the application for enrolment; or;\n(iv) are members in good standing of a Church (not in communion with the Church of England) which subscribes to the doctrine of the Holy Trinity declaring themselves to be also members of the Church of England and having habitually attended public worship in the parish during the period of six months prior to enrolment.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3118/article/53",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:21:24.625016+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."
}