{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/benefices-institution-appeals-rules-1988/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/benefices-institution-appeals-rules-1988/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1996",
  "legislation_title": "Benefices (Institution Appeals) Rules 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/benefices-institution-appeals-rules-1988",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Statement of refusal",
  "text": "(1) A refusal by a bishop to institute a presentee to a benefice under section 2 of the Act and the grounds of that refusal shall be signified to the patron and the presentee in accordance with section 3 of the Act by serving upon each of them (in the same terms) a statement of refusal in Form 1 of the Appendix.\n(2) On serving a statement of refusal on the patron and the presentee in accordance with paragraph (1) of this rule, the bishop shall forthwith send notice of his refusal to institute in Form 2 of the Appendix to the parochial church council of each parish within the area of the benefice (or, if any such parish has no parochial church council, to the churchwardens of the parish).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1996/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:54:50.194989+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}