{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ecclesiastical-offices-terms-of-service-amendment-regulations-2015/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ecclesiastical-offices-terms-of-service-amendment-regulations-2015/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1654",
  "legislation_title": "The Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) (Amendment) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ecclesiastical-offices-terms-of-service-amendment-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interim posts",
  "text": "(1) In regulation 29 of the Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Regulations 2009, in paragraph (1) (list of fixed term offices etc.)—\n(a) omit the “or” before paragraph (i), and\n(b) after that paragraph insert “, or\n“(j) the office is designated as an interim post,”.\n(2) After paragraph (7A) of that regulation insert—\n“(7B) An office (other than an office in a cathedral) may be designated as an interim post if the designation is in writing, signed by the bishop of the diocese in which the office is situated acting with the consent of—\n(a) the office holder, and\n(b) the mission and pastoral committee of the diocese.\n(7C) An office in a cathedral may be designated as an interim post if the designation is in writing, signed by the bishop of the diocese in which the cathedral is situated acting with the consent of—\n(a) the office holder,\n(b) the dean of the cathedral, and\n(c) the Chapter of the cathedral.\n(7D) In deciding whether to designate an office as an interim post, the bishop shall have regard to any guidance issued by the Archbishops’ Council.\n(7E) The term of an office designated as an interim post may not exceed three years.\n(7F) An office designated as an interim post may be designated as such again for a further period of up to three years; but an office may not be designated as an interim post if it was designated as such on the two immediately preceding appointments.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1654/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:32:39.516909+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."
}