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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dioceses-pastoral-and-mission-measure-2007/schedule-1/paragraph-15",
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  "legislation_title": "Dioceses, Pastoral and Mission Measure 2007",
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  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/15",
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  "number": "15",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Subject to paragraph 16 below the Chair, if present, shall preside over meetings but—\n(a) if the Chair is not present on any occasion, the Vice-Chair shall preside,\n(b) if neither the Chair nor the Vice-Chair is present on any occasion, the Commission shall choose another member to preside, and\n(c) either the Chair or Vice-Chair may decline to preside on any occasion when the Chair or Vice-Chair, as the case may be, considers it preferable not to do so, in which case sub-paragraph (b) above shall apply.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 15 in force at 1.9.2008 by 2008 No. 3, Instrument made by Archbishops"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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