Clergy housing terms of service

• If you are a Freeholder your rights and responsibilities in connection with your housing are set out in the Repair of Benefice Buildings Measure 1972.
• If you are an incumbent under Common Tenure your rights and responsibilities in connection to your housing are set out in the Repair of Benefice Buildings Measure 1972 and the Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Regulations 2009.
• If you fulfil any other clergy role under Common Tenure you should refer to the Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Regulations 2009.
• All clergy who are entitled to be provided with accommodation will be notified of the address in their Statement of Particulars. Where the relevant housing provider is the Diocesan Parsonages Board or the London Diocesan Fund, the designated housing provider duties are set out in Regulation 12 of the Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service). Regulations and your duties are established in Regulation 14.
• Where accommodation is provided by the Diocese for the better performance of your duties, the Diocese will operate similar provisions to those set out in Regulations 12 & 14.

Rights of entry to your property on the part of Diocesan staff and appointed officials to carry out our obligations are set out in Regulation 13.

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