Explanatory note

These Regulations are made under section 2 of the Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2020, which requires the Archbishops’ Council to compile and maintain a national register of those who exercise ministry. These Regulations are concerned only with clergy.

Regulation 1 provides that the Regulations come into force on 1st May 2021.

Regulation 2 sets out the information which is required about a cleric for the purposes of the national register.

Regulation 3 determines who, in the case of each cleric, is to provide the Archbishops’ Council with the required information about that cleric.

Regulation 4 imposes requirements for providing the Archbishops’ Council with the required information about clerics already exercising ministry and those subsequently authorised to do so.

Regulation 5 imposes requirements for informing the Archbishops’ Council where a cleric’s exercise of ministry is terminated or suspended.

Regulation 6 requires the Archbishops’ Council to publish and make available the registration information in relation to each cleric other than personal contact details.