{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-conduct-rules-2026/rule-120",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-conduct-rules-2026/rule-120.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/882",
  "legislation_title": "The Clergy Conduct Rules 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-conduct-rules-2026",
  "path": "rule/120",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "120",
  "heading": "Excluded offences",
  "text": "(1) The following provisions of the CCM do not apply in relation to excluded offences—\n(a) section 34 (restriction orders and suspensions: power to impose),\n(b) section 46 (conviction for offence etc: power to impose penalty etc), and\n(c) section 55 (conviction, arrest, caution etc).\n(2) In this rule, “excluded offence” means an offence under any of the following provisions—\n(a) section 72 of the Highway Act 1835 (riding on footpaths etc.);\n(b) any provision of Part 6 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (speed limits);\n(c) the following provisions of the Road Traffic Act 1988 —\n(i) section 14 (seat belts: adults);\n(ii) section 23 (carrying persons on motorcycles);\n(iii) section 24 (carrying persons on bicycles);\n(iv) section 29 (careless and inconsiderate cycling);\n(v) section 35 (compliance with traffic directions);\n(vi) section 36 (compliance with traffic signs);\n(vii) section 41A (breach of requirements as to brakes, steering-gear or tyres);\n(viii) section 47 (obligatory test certificates);\n(d) a provision specified in Schedule 3 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (fixed penalty offences).\n(3) An offence ceases to be an excluded offence if the person convicted of it is ordered to be disqualified from holding or obtaining a licence to drive a motor vehicle granted under Part 3 of the Road Traffic Act 1988.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1835 c. 50."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1984 c. 27"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1988 c. 52"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1988 c. 53"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/882/rule/120",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:56:54.526438+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."
}