{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-conduct-rules-2026/rule-41",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-conduct-rules-2026/rule-41.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/882",
  "legislation_title": "The Clergy Conduct Rules 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-conduct-rules-2026",
  "path": "rule/41",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "41",
  "heading": "Addition of safeguarding professional as party to complaint",
  "text": "(1) On an application under section 28 (1) (b) of the CCM, the President of Tribunals may, if satisfied that an issue relating to the safeguarding of a child or vulnerable adult arises, order that the relevant safeguarding professional is to become a party to the complaint.\n(2) The application—\n(a) must be made in accordance with rule 105,\n(b) must be accompanied by a copy of every document in the applicant’s possession which relates to the complaint, and\n(c) may be made without notice being given to any person (but the President may direct under rule 4 that written notice of the application must be given to specified persons).\n(3) In these Rules, “relevant safeguarding professional” means—\n(a) a diocesan safeguarding officer,\n(b) the national director of safeguarding, or\n(c) a member of the national safeguarding team.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/882/rule/41",
    "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."
}