Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Regulations 2009 (“the 2009 Regulations”).

Regulation 2 amends regulation 27(2) of the 2009 Regulations so that the requirement to provide a medical certificate following seven days’ sickness absence is limited to stipendiary office holders.

Regulation 3 amends regulation 29 of the 2009 Regulations to add interim posts as a new category of fixed-term appointment. A post may be designated as an interim post if certain consents are obtained. The power to appoint on an interim basis is to be available in relation to parishes and in relation to cathedrals. An interim post may not exceed three years.

Regulation 4 also amends regulation 29 of the 2009 Regulations. It provides for a time-limited extension of a training post for up to one year after the completion of ministerial education. It also enables short-term appointments to be made to a post where it is to be filled by an assistant curate who is not the priest-in-charge of the benefice in question.