{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-conduct-measure-2026/section-45",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-conduct-measure-2026/section-45.json",
  "legislation": "ukcm/2026/1",
  "legislation_title": "Clergy Conduct Measure 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-conduct-measure-2026",
  "path": "section/45",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "45",
  "heading": "Disobeying penalty etc",
  "text": "(1) A breach of a penalty or censure imposed under this Measure or the CDM or EJM is to be regarded as a breach of ecclesiastical law for the purposes of section 3(1)(a) and is, accordingly, misconduct.\n(2) Where a person is deposed from Holy Orders, a complaint may nevertheless be made against the person which—\n(a) alleges misconduct of the kind referred to in subsection (1), or\n(b) alleges that misconduct, which has not already been alleged in a complaint under this Measure or the CDM, occurred before the deposition took effect.\n(3) Sections 41(3) and 42(4) (which apply the consequences provided for in paragraphs (1) to (3) of section 4 of the Clerical Disabilities Act 1870) are subject to subsection (2) of this section.",
  "extent": "E",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 45 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 73(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/2026/1/section/45",
    "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."
}