# The National Ministry Register Regulations 2026, Regulation 2: Lay ministers


In these Regulations, “lay minister” means—
(a) a person authorised to exercise the office of deaconess under Canon D3,
(b) a person authorised to exercise the office of reader under Canon E6 (and commonly known as a “licensed lay minister”),
(c) a person authorised to serve as a lay worker under Canon E8, or
(d) a lay person specified in a bishop’s mission order as the leader, or one of the leaders, of a mission initiative under Part 7 of the Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/193/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-ministry-register-regulations-2026/regulation-2
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