{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-conduct-rules-2026/schedule-2/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/882",
  "legislation_title": "The Clergy Conduct Rules 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-conduct-rules-2026",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Jurisdiction",
  "text": "(1) The CCM does not apply to an allegation of misconduct against a clerk in Holy Orders who holds office in a Royal Peculiar unless and until the relevant assessor decides, in accordance with the statutes of the Royal Peculiar, that the alleged misconduct is likely to call into question the clerk’s fitness to exercise ministry.\n(2) If the relevant assessor makes the decision referred to in sub-paragraph (1), the allegation of misconduct is to be treated for the purposes of the CCM and these Rules as having been made in the form of a complaint and allocated as a complaint of serious misconduct; and a reference in this Schedule to a complaint under this Schedule is to be read accordingly.\n(3) The CCM and these Rules have effect accordingly; and for that purpose—\n(a) a reference to the responsible bishop is (subject to paragraph 7(1)) to be read as a reference to the person to whom an allegation of misconduct is required to be made under the statutes of the Royal Peculiar concerned,\n(b) a reference to the Vicar-General’s court or a bishop’s disciplinary tribunal is to be read as a reference to a disciplinary tribunal under paragraph 3,\n(c) a reference to the relevant officer is to be read as a reference to the President of Tribunals,\n(d) a reference to the Code of Practice is to be read as a reference to guidance prepared by the relevant assessor about the operation of the system for dealing with allegations of misconduct against clerks in Holy Orders who hold office in the Royal Peculiar, and\n(e) the other modifications set out in this Schedule are to apply.\n(4) In this Schedule, “the relevant assessor”, in relation to a Royal Peculiar, means the person who, under the Royal Peculiar’s statutes, has responsibility for deciding how to deal with allegations of misconduct against clerks in Holy Orders who hold office in the Royal Peculiar.\n(5) A reference in this Schedule to the statutes of a Royal Peculiar also includes a reference to—\n(a) any other instrument relating to the governance of the Royal Peculiar, and\n(b) any guidance prepared by the relevant assessor about the operation of the system for dealing with allegations of misconduct against clerks in Holy Orders who hold office in the Royal Peculiar.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/882/schedule/2/paragraph/1",
    "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."
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