The Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Regulations 2009

Entitlement to stipend of office holders

11.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), an office holder who is occupying a full-time stipendiary post which is stated to be such in his or her terms of appointment shall be entitled to receive an annual stipend of an amount—

(a) which is not less than the National Minimum Stipend, or

(b) which, together with any income received by the office holder from other sources which is related to or derived from the duties of the office, is not less than the National Minimum Stipend.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1) above “National Minimum Stipend” means the amount specified from time to time by the Archbishops’ Council, in exercise of its functions as the Central Stipends Authority, as the National Minimum Stipend, and the circumstances in which income is treated, for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) above, as to be taken into account for the purpose of calculating an office holder’s entitlement, shall be specified from time to time by the Council in the exercise of those functions.

(3) An office holder who is occupying a part-time post shall be entitled to such stipend as may be specified in the statement of particulars of office given under regulation 3 above.

(4) Paragraphs (1) and (3) above do not apply to an office holder who is serving a sentence of imprisonment following a conviction for a criminal offence.

(5) Any directions given by a diocesan bishop under section 5(2) of the Diocesan Stipends Funds Measure 1953(1) with respect to providing or augmenting the stipends of the office holders mentioned in that section shall be consistent with the provisions of this regulation.

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