{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-conduct-rules-2026/rule-57",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-conduct-rules-2026/rule-57.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/882",
  "legislation_title": "The Clergy Conduct Rules 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-conduct-rules-2026",
  "path": "rule/57",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "57",
  "heading": "Tribunal or court sitting in private",
  "text": "(1) The circumstances in which the tribunal or court may sit in private for the purposes of section 31 (3) (b) of the CCM are those in which it is satisfied that doing so is necessary—\n(a) to protect the privacy of a child or protected party giving evidence in person, or\n(b) to prevent prejudice to the proceedings.\n(2) The following persons (and no others) may attend a hearing of the tribunal or court held in private—\n(a) the complainant and the respondent,\n(b) where the complainant or respondent is a litigation friend appointed under section 17 of the CCM, the protected party (which has the meaning given in rule 5),\n(c) the legal representative of the respondent,\n(d) the registrar of tribunals for the province in which the hearing is held,\n(e) the Investigation and Tribunals Team,\n(f) the responsible bishop or a person nominated by that bishop,\n(g) if the complaint is against a priest or deacon, the archdeacon who has a proper interest in the complaint under section 15 of the CCM,\n(h) any person involved in the administration of the hearing, and\n(i) any person permitted by the tribunal or court to attend.",
  "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/57",
    "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."
}