{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deaconesses-and-lay-ministry-measure-1972/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deaconesses-and-lay-ministry-measure-1972/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukcm/1972/4",
  "legislation_title": "Deaconesses and Lay Ministry Measure 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deaconesses-and-lay-ministry-measure-1972",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Short title and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Measure may be cited as the Deaconesses and Lay Ministry Measure 1972.\n(2) This Measure shall extend to the whole of he Provinces of Canterbury and York except the Channel Islands:\nProvided that this Measure may be applied to the Channel Islands as defined in the Channel Islands (Church Legislation) Measures 1931 and 1957, or either of them, in accordance with those Measures.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1931 No. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1957 No. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/1972/4/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:23:18.458159+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."
}