Schedule 1 Proceedings for which legal aid may be given

England

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 1 item 1 words substituted by Clergy Conduct Measure 2026 Sch. 1 para. 11(2)
Sch. 1 item 7 words substituted by Clergy Conduct Measure 2026 Sch. 1 para. 11(3)(a)
Sch. 1 item 7 words inserted by Clergy Conduct Measure 2026 Sch. 1 para. 11(3)(b)
Sch. 1 item 8 words substituted by Clergy Conduct Measure 2026 Sch. 1 para. 11(4)(a)
Sch. 1 item 8 words substituted by Clergy Conduct Measure 2026 Sch. 1 para. 11(4)(b)

Description of proceedings	Description of applicants
1. Proceedings in any ecclesiastical court or before any F1disciplinary tribunal commission, committee, bishop or examiner in respect of an offence under the M1Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963 or of misconduct under the Clergy Discipline Measure 2003.	Any accused person.
2. Proceedings on an enquiry under Part I of the M2Incumbents (Vacation of Benefices) Measure 1977 conducted by a provincial tribunal.	The incumbent concerned in the proceedings.
3. F2....	. . .
4....	. . .
5. Proceedings on an appeal under any Canon made in pursuance of section 7 of the M3Church of England (Legal Aid and Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1988 against revocation of a licence granted to a minister, deaconess, lay worker or stipendiary reader.	The appellant.
6. Proceedings on an appeal under section 50 of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963 against an intended deposition of a priest or deacon from Holy Orders.	The appellant.
F37. Proceedings on an appeal under section 36(6) or by virtue of section 37(6) of the Clergy Discipline Measure 2003 against a suspension made in reliance on section 36(1)(e) or 37(1)(e) of that Measure.	The appellant.
F48. Proceedings on a claim for judicial review of a decision by the president of tribunals on disciplinary proceedings under the Clergy Discipline Measure 2003.	Any person who, as a respondent to the disciplinary proceedings, is an interested party in the proceedings on the claim for judicial review.

Annotations

F1: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (1.1.2006) by Clergy Discipline Measure 2003 (No. 3), ss. 44(5)(a), 48(2) (with s. 47); 2005 No. 6, Instrument made by Archbishops
F2: Words in Sch. 1 omitted (1.7.2018) by virtue of Mission and Pastoral etc. (Amendment) Measure 2018 (No. 4), s. 14(3), Sch. para. 5; S.I. 2018/722, art. 2(a) (with Sch. para. 3)
F3: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (1.1.2017) by Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016 (No. 1), ss. 1(9), 12(3); S.I. 2016/1213, art. 2
F4: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (17.5.2024) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2024 (No. 1), ss. 11(1), 22(4); S.I. 2024/631, art. 2