Ministry by member of religious community
2A
1
The bishop of a diocese may license a member of a religious community who is in Holy Orders to perform in the diocese the offices and services specified in the licence for the furtherance of the work and mission of that community.
2
A licence under this section may not specify the solemnization of marriage.
3
The performance of offices or services in accordance with a licence under this section does not require the consent, and is not subject to the control, of the Minister of the parish in which they are performed.
4
In this section, “
religious community
” has the same meaning as in the Canons (see Canon DA 1).
S. 2A inserted (1.9.2020) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2020 (No. 1), ss. 1(2), 16(3); S.I. 2020/835, art. 2