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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-institutions-measure-1998/schedule-1/paragraph-9",
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  "legislation": "ukcm/1998/1",
  "legislation_title": "National Institutions Measure 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-institutions-measure-1998",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A member of the Council appointed under paragraph 1(2) above ... shall, if not otherwise a member of the General Synod, be an ex-officio member—\n(a) in the case of a bishop, of the House of Bishops,\n(b) in the case of any other clerk in Holy Orders, of the House of Clergy, and\n(c) in the case of a lay person who is an actual communicant (as defined in Rule 83(2) of the Church Representation Rules), of the House of Laity.\n(2) A lay member of the Council appointed under paragraph 1(2) above who is not an actual communicant (as so defined) shall be entitled to attend at a group of sessions of the General Synod and, subject to such restrictions as may be imposed by the Standing Orders of the General Synod, to speak in any debate.",
  "extent": "E",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 9(1) omitted (1.10.2006) by virtue of Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 (No. 1), ss. 13(a), 16(2); 2006 No. 2, Instrument made by Archbishops"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 9(1) inserted (1.10.2006) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 (No. 1), ss. 13(a), 16(2); 2006 No. 2, Instrument made by Archbishops"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 9(1)(c) substituted (1.1.2020) by Church Representation and Ministers Measure 2019 (No. 1), s. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 18; S.I. 2019/1460, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 1 para. 9(2) inserted (1.10.2006) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 (No. 1), ss. 13(b), 16(2); 2006 No. 2, Instrument made by Archbishops"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ukcm/2010/1",
      "affecting_title": "Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2010"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/1998/1/schedule/1/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:22:45.522512+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."
}