{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005/schedule-6/paragraph-34",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005/schedule-6/paragraph-34.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/9",
  "legislation_title": "Mental Capacity Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/34",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "34",
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  "text": "(1) The Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986 (No. 3) is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 5 (rights of patronage exercisable otherwise than by registered patron), after subsection (3) insert—\n“(3A) The reference in subsection (3) to a power of attorney does not include an enduring power of attorney or lasting power of attorney (within the meaning of the Mental Capacity Act 2005).”\n(3) In section 9 (information to be sent to designated officer when benefice becomes vacant), after subsection (5) insert—\n“(5A) Subsections (5B) and (5C) apply where the functions of a registered patron are, as a result of paragraph 10 of Schedule 2 to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (patron's loss of capacity to discharge functions), to be discharged by an individual appointed by the Court of Protection.\n(5B) If the individual is a clerk in Holy Orders, subsection (5) applies to him as it applies to the registered patron.\n(5C) If the individual is not a clerk in Holy Orders, subsection (1) (other than paragraph (b)) applies to him as it applies to the registered patron.”",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/9/schedule/6/paragraph/34",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:24.228713+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."
}