# The Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 2010, Paragraph 1

Extent: E

(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the holder of any freehold ecclesiastical office who is appointed after the date of the coming into force of section 1 of the Measure by virtue of a pastoral scheme or order to a new office which would, but for the Measure, have been a freehold office and who is not subject to Common Tenure shall not, thereby, be subject to Common Tenure unless he or she agrees to the application of the Measure to him or her.
(2) Any rector who holds office in a team ministry on that date, who is not subject to Common Tenure and who is appointed after that date by virtue of a pastoral scheme or order to a new office which would have been a freehold office but for the Measure shall hold the office for the unexpired portion of his or her term of office on the date on which the appointment takes effect and, at the expiry of that term, shall, unless he or she has agreed to the application of the Measure prior to that expiry, thereupon become subject to Common Tenure.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2847/schedule/1/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/ecclesiastical-offices-terms-of-service-consequential-and-transitional-provisions-order-2010/schedule-1/paragraph-1
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