{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-conduct-measure-2026/section-37",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-conduct-measure-2026/section-37.json",
  "legislation": "ukcm/2026/1",
  "legislation_title": "Clergy Conduct Measure 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-conduct-measure-2026",
  "path": "section/37",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "37",
  "heading": "Penalties and administrative sanctions",
  "text": "(1) Each of the following may be imposed as a penalty for misconduct—\n(a) a written notice of misconduct that is not serious misconduct;\n(b) a mentoring and supervision requirement, which is a requirement that the respondent’s exercise of ministry be subject for a specified period to mentoring and supervision;\n(c) an injunction;\n(d) a written notice of serious misconduct;\n(e) the revocation of a licence or permission to officiate issued by a bishop;\n(f) the removal from an ecclesiastical office;\n(g) a limited prohibition, which is a prohibition from exercising the functions of Holy Orders for a specified period;\n(h) a prohibition for life, which is a prohibition from exercising the functions of Holy Orders for an indefinite period.\n(2) Either or each of the following may be imposed as an administrative sanction for misconduct—\n(a) a written warning not to repeat the conduct concerned;\n(b) written advice on how to ensure the conduct does not reoccur.\n(3) A penalty of removal from an ecclesiastical office imposed on an archbishop or bishop, or on a person holding a preferment the right to appoint to which is vested in His Majesty (and which is not a parochial benefice), does not take effect unless and until His Majesty by Order in Council confirms the penalty.",
  "extent": "E",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 37 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 73(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "applied",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/882",
      "affecting_title": "The Clergy Conduct Rules 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/2026/1/section/37",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:22:03.551412+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}