Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015
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lords-spiritual-women-act-2015-169-8469411
title:
Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015
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The Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 is an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom. It states that whenever a vacancy arises among the Lords Spiritual during the next ten years after the act comes into force, the position has to be filled by a woman, if there is one who is eligible. In this case, the act supersedes section 5 of the Bishoprics Act 1878, which would otherwise require "the issue of a writ of summons to that bishop of a see in England who having been longest bishop of a see in Engla
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United Kingdom legislation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lords_Spiritual_(Women)_Act_2015
date created:
2015-03-28T11:24:02Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T11:51:48Z
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