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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/suffragan-bishops-act-1898/section-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/61-62/11",
  "legislation_title": "Suffragan Bishops Act 1898",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/suffragan-bishops-act-1898",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Explanation of 26 Hen. 8. c. 14.",
  "text": "Notwithstanding anything contained in the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 it shall be lawful to nominate, present, and appoint as suffragan bishop a person already consecrated as a bishop, and in that case the letters patent presenting him shall not require his consecration.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/61-62/11/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:27:48.068333+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."
}