{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-discipline-amendment-rules-2016/article-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-discipline-amendment-rules-2016/article-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/848",
  "legislation_title": "The Clergy Discipline (Amendment) Rules 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-discipline-amendment-rules-2016",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Proceedings against bishops and archbishops",
  "text": "After rule 86B the following new rules are inserted—\n“Notice of suspension of a bishop or archbishop under section 37(1)(e) of the Measure\n86C. For the purposes of rule 61C a notice of suspension on a bishop or archbishop shall be—\n(a) in form 16b in the Schedule or in a form which is substantially to the same effect,\n(b) signed by the archbishop of the province in which the bishop to be suspended holds office, or, in the case of an archbishop to be suspended, signed by the other archbishop, and\n(c) countersigned by the two most senior diocesan bishops in that province or the province of the other archbishop, as the case may be,\nand rule 62(2) shall be construed accordingly.\nNotice of suspension of a bishop or archbishop under section 37(A) of the Measure\n86D. For the purposes of rule 61D a notice of suspension on a bishop or archbishop shall be—\n(a) in form 17b in the Schedule or in a form which is substantially to the same effect,\n(b) signed by the archbishop of the province in which the bishop to be suspended holds office, or, in the case of an archbishop to be suspended, signed by the other archbishop, and\n(c) countersigned by the two most senior diocesan bishops in that province or the province of the other archbishop, as the case may be,\nand rule 62(3) shall be construed accordingly.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/848/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:20:44.990622+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."
}