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# ECCLESIASTICAL LAW, ENGLAND 

The Clergy Discipline (Amendment) Rules 2021 

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# 2021 No. 557 

The Rule Committee makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 83 and 94 of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018( a ): 

## Citation, commencement and interpretation 

1. —(1) These Rules may be cited as the Clergy Discipline (Amendment) Rules 2021. 

(2) These Rules come into force two months after the day on which they are laid before Parliament. 

(3) In these Rules, “the 2005 Rules” means the Clergy Discipline Rules 2005( b ); and a reference to a numbered Rule is to the Rule numbered as such in the 2005 Rules. 

## Provision of email address 

2. —(1) In Rule 4 (institution of proceedings), in paragraph (2)(a)(ii), after “the complainant” insert “and, if the complainant has one, an email address”. 

(2) In Rule 17( c ) (respondent’s answer), in paragraph (2)(a), after “the respondent” insert “and, if the respondent has one, an email address”. 

## Timeline 

3.  In Rule 4 (institution of proceedings), in paragraph (2), after sub-paragraph (a), insert— 

“(aa) be accompanied by a statement of the relevant events in chronological sequence”. 

## Limitation period 

4.  In Rule 8( d ) (allegation made out of time), for paragraphs (2) to (4) substitute— 

“(2) The President shall start consultation by giving the respondent a copy of the complainant’s application and written directions for the management of the application, and shall invite the respondent to make written comments to the President in response to the 

