{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diocesan-boards-of-finance-measure-1925/section-5",
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  "legislation": "ukcm/Geo5/15-16/3",
  "legislation_title": "Diocesan Boards of Finance Measure 1925",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diocesan-boards-of-finance-measure-1925",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "In this Measure—\n(a) the expression “existing Board of Finance” means the body which has been recognised by the Bishop as the Board of Finance of the diocese;\n(b) the expression “Diocesan Trust” means in relation to any diocese any body holding property upon trust for diocesan or parochial purposes and recognised by the Bishop as a Diocesan Trust but not as an existing Board of Finance;\n(c) The expression “Deanery Synod” means an assembly of clergy and laity recognised by the Bishop as a Deanery Synod, and containing lay representatives elected in accordance with the Constitution.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of Synodical Government Measure 1969 (No. 2), s. 5(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/Geo5/15-16/3/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:24:58.122911+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."
}