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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/synodical-government-measure-1969/schedule-3/paragraph-84",
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  "legislation": "ukcm/1969/2",
  "legislation_title": "Synodical Government Measure 1969",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/synodical-government-measure-1969",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/84",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "84",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In these Rules—\n“Business Committee” means the Business Committee of the General Synod;\n“the Constitution” means the Constitution of the General Synod as set out in Schedule 2 to this Measure;\n“lay chair”, in relation to a deanery synod, has the meaning given in Rule 26(7);\n“mission initiative” has the meaning given in Part 7 of the Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011 (and, where a mission initiative has more than one leader, a reference to the leader is to be read as a reference to any of them);\n“mission initiative roll” has the meaning given in Rule 27A;\n“PCC” means parochial church council;\n“personal data” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018;\n“register of clerical electors” and “register of lay electors” each have the meaning given in Rule 27;\n“religious community” means a religious community which comes within the meaning given in the Canons (see Canon DA 1) and is designated by the House of Bishops for the purposes of these Rules;\n“the roll” has the meaning given in Rule 1(1).\n(2) A reference in these Rules to something being in writing is to be read with Rule 76(2) (which makes provision about emails).\n(3) A reference in these Rules to a numbered Form is a reference to the Form numbered as such in Part 10.",
  "extent": "E",
  "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 rule 84(1) inserted (1.1.2020) by The Church Representation Rules (Amendment) Resolution 2019 (S.I. 2019/1182), paras. 1(3), 3(5); S.I. 2019/1460, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 rule 84(1) inserted (14.7.2021) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2020 (No. 1), ss. 1(4), 16(3); S.I. 2021/545, art. 2"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/1969/2/schedule/3/paragraph/84",
    "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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