# Church of England Pensions Measure 2018, Section 55: References to officers and staff


(1) This section applies for the purposes of this Measure.
(2) “Clerk” means a bishop, priest or deacon of the Church of England.
(3) “Licensed lay worker” means a person who has been authorised by a bishop as a lay worker of the Church of England and—
(a) is authorised to serve as such by a licence, or
(b) if the person was a member of the workers' fund on 1 December 1988, is authorised to serve as such whether by licence or otherwise.
(4) “Church worker” means a person, other than a clerk, who is or has been employed in spiritual or temporal work in connection with the Church of England.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/2018/9/section/55 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/church-of-england-pensions-measure-2018/section-55
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