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# The Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

2026 No. 891
ECCLESIASTICAL LAW, ENGLAND
The Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
Made
28th July 2026
Laid before Parliament
30th July 2026
Coming into force
1st October 2026
The Archbishops’ Council makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Measure 2009 and in accordance with paragraph 12A of Schedule 1 to the National Institutions Measure 1998 and section 11 (6) and (7) of the Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2018.

## 1 Citation and commencement {#regulation-1}

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) (Amendment) Regulations 2026.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 1st October 2026.

## 2 No statement of particulars of office etc: increase in time limit for reference to tribunal {#regulation-2}

In regulation 9 of the Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Regulations 2009 (no statement of particulars of office etc: increase in time limit for reference to employment tribunal), in paragraph (4), in each of sub-paragraphs (a) and (b), for “three months” substitute “six months”.