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<Text>This Measure confers the jurisdiction on regulating the conduct of a priest, deacon, bishop or archbishop; but that is subject to <InternalLink Ref="section-2-2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukcm/2026/1/section/2/2" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/2026/1/section/2/2">subsection (2)</InternalLink>.</Text>
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<Text>The <Citation URI="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/1963/1/contents" id="c00001" Class="UnitedKingdomChurchMeasure" Year="1963" Number="1" SectionRef="contents">Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963</Citation> (referred to in this Measure as “the EJM”) continues to confer the jurisdiction on regulating the conduct of a priest, deacon, bishop or archbishop in cases which involve a question of doctrine, ritual or ceremonial.</Text>
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