Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015

Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015
Dates
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to make time-limited provision for vacancies among the Lords Spiritual to be filled by bishops who are women.
Citation	2015 c. 18
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Royal Assent	26 March 2015
Commencement	On the first meeting of Parliament following the 2015 general election
Status: Not yet in force
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom. It stipulates 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 bishop, if there is one who is eligible. It does not apply to the sees of Canterbury, York, London, Durham or Winchester.

The Act was passed shortly after the Bishops and Priests (Consecration and Ordination of Women) Measure 2014 authorised the Church of England to appoint women bishops.^[1]

References

↑ The Measure at legislation.gov.uk (retrieved 28 March 2015)

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