# Clergy Conduct Measure 2026, Section 37: Penalties and administrative sanctions

Extent: E
Status: prospective

(1) Each of the following may be imposed as a penalty for misconduct—
(a) a written notice of misconduct that is not serious misconduct;
(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;
(c) an injunction;
(d) a written notice of serious misconduct;
(e) the revocation of a licence or permission to officiate issued by a bishop;
(f) the removal from an ecclesiastical office;
(g) a limited prohibition, which is a prohibition from exercising the functions of Holy Orders for a specified period;
(h) a prohibition for life, which is a prohibition from exercising the functions of Holy Orders for an indefinite period.
(2) Either or each of the following may be imposed as an administrative sanction for misconduct—
(a) a written warning not to repeat the conduct concerned;
(b) written advice on how to ensure the conduct does not reoccur.
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/2026/1/section/37 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-conduct-measure-2026/section-37
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