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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/synodical-government-measure-1969/schedule-3/paragraph-82",
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  "legislation": "ukcm/1969/2",
  "legislation_title": "Synodical Government Measure 1969",
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  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/82",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "82",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In these Rules, “parish” means—\n(a) an ecclesiastical parish or a district constituted a “conventional district” for the cure of souls;\n(b) in relation to the diocese in Europe, a chaplaincy constituted as part of the diocese.\n(2) A reference in these Rules to residence in a parish or deanery includes a reference to residence in any extra-parochial place which abuts the parish or deanery; and any question on that point is to be decided by the bishop's council and standing committee.\n(3) A reference in these Rules to residence does not include a reference to residence of a casual nature.\n(4) A reference in these Rules to the area of a benefice is, where—\n(a) two or more benefices are held in plurality,\n(b) there is, or is to be, a team ministry for the area of one of those benefices, and\n(c) a pastoral scheme provides for extending the operation of the team ministry, so long as the plurality continues, to the area of any other benefice so held,\na reference to the combined area of the benefices concerned.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "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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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/1969/2/schedule/3/paragraph/82",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:23:24.860211+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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