As far as possible these should continue as before. The Area Dean will advise
on clergy to cover normal services and Occasional Offices. The Churchwardens
will need to check that the following are covered:
Sunday Services, Festivals, Weekday Services, Baptisms,
Weddings, Funerals, Home Communions and calling of Banns.
Registers must be maintained. The quarterly Wedding Return (including nil returns) signed by a member of the clergy, must be sent to the local Registrar of Marriages. Sequestrators must ensure that officiating clergy and Readers hold the Bishop's licence or permission to officiate in this diocese. Names of clergy and Readers licensed or having permission are found in the current London Diocesan Year Book.
The sequestrators are responsible for safeguarding confidential documents or files relating to the parish left in the parsonage house, parish office or vestry. Normally such documents or files should be kept locked in a secure place to which only the Area Dean has the key.
