The Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Regulations 2009

Note about disciplinary, capability and grievance procedures and pensions

5.—(1) A statement under regulation 3 above shall include a note—

(a)in the case of office holders to whom the provisions of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963(1) relating to offences or of the Clergy Discipline Measure 2003(2) relating to misconduct apply specifying those provisions,

(b)in the case of office holders other than those referred to in paragraph (a) above, specifying any disciplinary rules or procedures applicable to the office held by the office holder, and

(c)in the case of all office holders, specifying any capability or grievance procedures relating to office holders.

(2) A note included in a statement under paragraph (1) above may comply with that paragraph by referring the office holder to any such laws or documents as are referred to in regulation 4(2) above.

(3) The note shall also state whether there is in force a contracting-out certificate (issued in accordance with Chapter I of Part III of the Pensions Schemes Act 1993(3)) stating that the office held by the office holder is contracted-out employment for the purposes of that Part of that Act.