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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diocesan-education-committees-measure-1955-repealed-181991/section-3",
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  "legislation": "ukcm/Eliz2/4-5/1",
  "legislation_title": "Diocesan Education Committees Measure 1955 (repealed 1.8.1991)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diocesan-education-committees-measure-1955-repealed-181991",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) In this Measure, except where the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings respectively, that is to say:—\n“bishop” means the bishop of the diocese concerned or, in relation to the diocese of an archbishop, the archbishop or, during a vacancy in the see of either, the guardian of the spiritualities thereof;\n“church educational endowment” means an educational endowment which includes among the purposes for which it has been made applicable or is applied instruction in religious knowledge according to the faith and practice of the Church of England;\n“church school” means a voluntary school within the meaning of subsection (2) of section nine of the Education Act 1944, including the site and buildings thereof, which by virtue of a statute, or charter, or scheme order or other instrument made by virtue of a statute or other authority, or any trust, or usage, or repute, or any combination thereof is for the time being held on trust for the purposes of primary or secondary education as defined in the Education Acts 1944 to 1953, together with instruction (either as part thereof or in addition thereto) in religious knowledge according to the faith and practice of the Church of England;\n“educational endowment” “endowment” and “governing body” have the same meanings respectively as in the Endowed Schools Acts 1869 to 1948;\n“local education authority” has the same meaning as in the Education Act 1944;\n“Minister” means the Secretary of State for Education and Science.\n(2) In section three of the Diocesan Education Committees Measure 1943, the expression “church school” has the same meaning as in this Measure and the expression “managers” in relation to a school providing secondary education as defined in the Education Acts 1944 to 1953, means the governors of the school.\n(3) References in this Measure to any other Act or Measure or to any provision thereof shall, except so far as the context otherwise requires, be construed as references to that Act or Measure or provision as amended by or under any other Act or Measure, including this Measure.",
  "extent": "E",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1964/490, art. 3(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1944 c. 31."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1944 c. 31."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1943 No. 3."
    }
  ],
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  "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."
}