According to Ise-Jingu Shrine's "Shrine Regulations," the saishu "shall be appointed by Imperial order" (as per the latter half of the first cause of Article 30 of the Shrine Regulations), and as for the appointing or dismissal of the jingu-daiguji, "an imperial decision shall be requested after obtaining the agreement of the parishioners' representatives and the countersignature of the executive of the jingu responsible for such matters" (that is, the jingu-shoguji and the representative responsible for such matters, meaning a person selected among the representative parishioners at the conference of representative parishioners and delegated by representative executives, as per article 32 of the Shrine Regulations), while matters concerning jingu-shoguji "shall be made by the jingu-daiguji with the agreement of the representative of the jingu parishioners" (as per Article 33 of the Shrine Regulations), and those of all other shinshoku "shall be made by the daiguji" (as per Article 34 of the Shrine Regulations).
伊勢神宮では、「神宮規則」により、祭主は「勅旨を奉じて定め」(神宮規則第30条第1項後段)、神宮大宮司の任免は「神宮崇敬者総代の同意を得て、神宮責任役員〔神宮少宮司及び責任総代〔崇敬者総代のうちから崇敬者総代会において選出した者を代表役員が委嘱する〕〕が連署の上、勅裁を仰ぐ」(神宮規則第32条)、神宮少宮司の任免は「神宮崇敬者総代の同意を得て神宮大宮司が行う」(神宮規則第33条)、その他の神職の任免は「大宮司が行う」(神宮規則第34条)こととされている。