# Synodical Government Measure 1969, Paragraph 82


(1) In these Rules, “parish” means—
(a) an ecclesiastical parish or a district constituted a “conventional district” for the cure of souls;
(b) in relation to the diocese in Europe, a chaplaincy constituted as part of the diocese.
(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.
(3) A reference in these Rules to residence does not include a reference to residence of a casual nature.
(4) A reference in these Rules to the area of a benefice is, where—
(a) two or more benefices are held in plurality,
(b) there is, or is to be, a team ministry for the area of one of those benefices, and
(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,
a reference to the combined area of the benefices concerned.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/1969/2/schedule/3/paragraph/82 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/synodical-government-measure-1969/schedule-3/paragraph-82
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