# Clergy Discipline Measure 2003, Section 42: Application of Measure in special cases


(1) In the application of this Measure to the following—
Cathedral clergy
Chaplains of prisons, hospitals, universities, schools and institutions in an extra-parochial place
Chaplains of the armed forces of the Crown
Ministers who have a licence from the archbishop of a province to preach throughout the province
Ministers who have a licence from the University of Oxford or Cambridge to preach throughout England
it shall be read with the following adaptations.
(2) In the case of a clerk in Holy Orders serving in a cathedral church, disciplinary proceedings may be instituted only by—
(a) a person nominated by the Chapter of the cathedral; or
(b) any other person, if the diocesan bishop concerned determines that that person has a proper interest in making the complaint.
(3) In the case of a chaplain of a prison, hospital, university, school or other institution, disciplinary proceedings may be instituted only by a person duly authorised by the diocesan bishop concerned to institute such proceedings.
(4) In the case of a chaplain of one of the armed forces of the Crown—
(a) disciplinary proceedings may be instituted only if the archbishop of Canterbury determines that the person concerned has a proper interest in making the complaint;
(b) the complaint shall be laid before the archbishop of Canterbury and references to the diocesan bishop concerned shall be construed as references to that archbishop.
(5) In the case of a minister who has a licence from the archbishop of a province—
(a) disciplinary proceedings may be instituted only by a person duly authorised by the archbishop to institute such proceedings;
(b) the complaint shall be laid before that archbishop and references to the diocesan bishop concerned shall be construed accordingly.
(6) In the case of a minister who has a licence from the University of Oxford or Cambridge—
(a) disciplinary proceedings may be instituted only by a person duly authorised by the archbishop of Canterbury to institute such proceedings;
(b) the complaint shall be laid before that archbishop and references to the diocesan bishop concerned shall be construed accordingly.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/2003/3/section/42 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-discipline-measure-2003/section-42
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