# The National Ministry Register Regulations 2026, Regulation 5: Requirements to provide information: existing or new authority


(1) The registration officer for a lay minister must, within five working days of the commencement of these Regulations, provide the Archbishops’ Council with the registration information about that lay minister.
(2) Where a person becomes a lay minister, the registration officer for the lay minister must, within five working days of the person becoming a lay minister, provide the Archbishops’ Council with the registration information about the lay minister.
(3) Where the authority of a lay minister to exercise ministry is renewed, the registration officer for the lay minister must, within five working days of the authority being renewed, inform the Archbishops’ Council of the renewal.
(4) Where the authority of a lay minister to exercise ministry is varied with the result that the registration information about the lay minister is varied, the registration officer for the lay minister must, within five working days of the variation taking effect, inform the Archbishops’ Council of the variation to the registration information.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/193/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-ministry-register-regulations-2026/regulation-5
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