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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/compulsory-church-rate-abolition-act-1868/section-10",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/31-32/109",
  "legislation_title": "Compulsory Church Rate Abolition Act 1868",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/compulsory-church-rate-abolition-act-1868",
  "path": "section/10",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Definition of “ecclesiastical purposes,” “church rate,” and “parish.”",
  "text": "In this Act “ecclesiastical purposes” shall mean the building, rebuilding, enlargement, and repair of any church or chapel, and any purpose to which by common or ecclesiastical law a church rate is applicable, or any of such purposes:\n“Church rate” shall mean any rate for ecclesiastical purposes as herein-before defined:\n“Parish” shall mean any parish, ecclesiastical district, chapelry, or place within the limits of which any person has the exclusive cure of souls.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/31-32/109/section/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:57:20.151144+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."
}