{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-conduct-measure-2026/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-conduct-measure-2026/section-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukcm/2026/1",
  "legislation_title": "Clergy Conduct Measure 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-conduct-measure-2026",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "President and Deputy President of Tribunals: functions",
  "text": "(1) The President of Tribunals has such functions as are conferred by or under this or any other Measure.\n(2) The President is entitled to act as Chair of a bishop’s disciplinary tribunal.\n(3) The President must issue practice guidance.\n(4) If the President is unable or unwilling to act, the Deputy President of Tribunals must act instead, subject to subsection (5).\n(5) The President of Tribunals and the Deputy President may each select a person to act instead when the President or Deputy President (as the case may be) is unable or unwilling to act; but a person may be selected only if eligible for appointment as Chair of a bishop’s disciplinary tribunal.",
  "extent": "E",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 5 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/5",
    "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."
}