{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/benefices-institution-appeals-rules-1988/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/benefices-institution-appeals-rules-1988/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1996",
  "legislation_title": "Benefices (Institution Appeals) Rules 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/benefices-institution-appeals-rules-1988",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Request for particulars and statement of particulars",
  "text": "(1) The appellant may if he so wishes serve on the bishop with his notice of appeal a request for particulars in Form 4 of the Appendix seeking particulars of the facts on which the bishop intends to rely at the hearing of the appeal.\n(2) If an appellant serves a request for particulars on the bishop under paragraph (1) of this rule, he shall lodge a copy with the registrar at the same time as he lodges copies of the statement of refusal and the notice of appeal.\n(3) The bishop shall within twenty-one days after the date of service on him of a request for particulars—\n(a) serve on the appellant a statement of particulars in Form 5 of the Appendix, giving the particulars sought; and\n(b) lodge a copy of the statement of particulars with the registrar.",
  "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/6",
    "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."
}