# The Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) (Amendment) Regulations 2015, Regulation 4: Other limited term appointments


(1) In regulation 29 of the Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Regulations 2009, after paragraph (3) (training posts) insert—
“(3A) An office designated as a training post may continue to be designated as such for a period of no more than one year following the completion by the office holder of the initial ministerial education”
(2) In paragraph (7A) of that regulation (Locally Supported Ministerial Posts), for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—
“(a) the post is held by an assistant curate who is not the priest-in-charge of the benefice to which the parish in which he or she serves belongs,”.
(3) In paragraph (1)(f) of that regulation (bishop’s mission orders), for “section 47 or 50 of the Dioceses, Pastoral and Mission Measure 2007” substitute “section 80 or 83 of the Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011”.
(4) In regulation 20 of those Regulations (duty of bishop to ensure provision of suitable training), after paragraph (1) insert—
“(1A) During any period for which an office referred to in paragraph (1) above continues to be designated as a training post as a result of regulation 29(3A), the duty in paragraph (1) above does not apply in relation to the office but the duty in paragraph 19(1) does.”
The draft of these Regulations was approved by the General Synod of the Church of England on 11th July 2015.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1654/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/ecclesiastical-offices-terms-of-service-amendment-regulations-2015/regulation-4
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