{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-conduct-rules-2026/rule-69",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-conduct-rules-2026/rule-69.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/882",
  "legislation_title": "The Clergy Conduct Rules 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-conduct-rules-2026",
  "path": "rule/69",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "69",
  "heading": "Pronouncement of decisions",
  "text": "(1) The Chair of the tribunal or court on a complaint of serious misconduct must pronounce in public—\n(a) the determination of a complaint by the tribunal or court, and\n(b) the penalty (if any) imposed.\n(2) The Chair—\n(a) may make a pronouncement under paragraph (1) at the end of the hearing or at a later date, and\n(b) must not make a pronouncement under paragraph (1)(b) before making the pronouncement under paragraph (1)(a) in respect of the complaint.\n(3) The Chair may sit alone for the purposes of making a pronouncement under this rule, except where the pronouncement is made at the end of the hearing.",
  "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/69",
    "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."
}