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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/synodical-government-measure-1969/schedule-3/paragraph-47",
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  "legislation_title": "Synodical Government Measure 1969",
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  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/47",
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  "number": "47",
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  "text": "(1) Each of the following, if not in Holy Orders, is an ex officio member of the House of Laity—\n(a) the Dean of the Arches and Auditor;\n(b) the Vicar-General of the Province of Canterbury;\n(c) the Vicar-General of the Province of York;\n(d) each of the three Church Estates Commissioners;\n(e) the Chair of the Church of England Pensions Board;\n(f) each member of the Archbishops' Council who is an actual communicant;\n(g) the Chair of the Dioceses Commission.\n(2) An ex officio member has the same rights and is subject to the same requirements as an elected member.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 substituted (1.1.2020) by Church Representation and Ministers Measure 2019 (No. 1), s. 1(3), Sch. 1 (with Sch. 3); S.I. 2019/1460, art. 2"
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