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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ecclesiastical-jurisdiction-and-care-of-churches-measure-2018/schedule-2/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ecclesiastical-jurisdiction-and-care-of-churches-measure-2018/schedule-2/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukcm/2018/3",
  "legislation_title": "Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ecclesiastical-jurisdiction-and-care-of-churches-measure-2018",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where a casual vacancy occurs among the chair and other members appointed under paragraph 2(3)(a) and (b), the bishop must appoint a person to fill the vacancy.\n(2) If the person whose place is to be filled was a member of the committee by virtue of being a member of the diocesan synod, the person appointed under sub-paragraph (1) must also be a member of that diocesan synod.\n(3) If the person whose place is to be filled was appointed under sub-paragraph (i), (ii) or (iii) of paragraph 2(3)(b), the bishop must, before appointing a person to fill the vacancy, undertake the consultation required under the sub-paragraph concerned.\n(4) A person appointed to fill a casual vacancy holds office only for the unexpired portion of the term of office of the person whose place is being filled.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 4 in force at 1.9.2018 by S.I. 2018/720, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/2018/3/schedule/2/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:22:19.184067+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."
}