# Clergy Conduct Measure 2026, Section 18: Self-referral by cleric

Extent: E
Status: prospective

(1) A priest, deacon, bishop or archbishop (a “cleric”) may make a complaint under this Measure against that cleric in respect of the cleric’s own conduct, except in so far as the conduct in question is already the subject of a complaint under this Measure or the CDM.
(2) A complaint by virtue of subsection (1) against a cleric must be made to the person to whom it would be made if it were made by any other person against that cleric.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/2026/1/section/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-conduct-measure-2026/section-18
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