{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ecclesiastical-fees-measure-1986/schedule-1/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ecclesiastical-fees-measure-1986/schedule-1/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukcm/1986/2",
  "legislation_title": "Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ecclesiastical-fees-measure-1986",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Where the Church Commissioners prepare a draft order under paragraph 1 above, they shall—\n(a) send a copy of that order to the bishop of the diocese in which the parish is situated, the parochial church council ...and the incumbent or minister of the parish, and any person whose power of fixing fees or whose right to receive fees is affected by the order, together with a notice that consideration will be given to any representations sent in writing to them before such date (which shall not be less than one month from the date of the sending of the notice) as may be specified in the notice; and\n(b) cause a copy of the order to be posted for a period of not less than one month on or near the principal door of the church of the parish, or at least one of such churches if there be more than one, together with a notice that consideration will be given to any representations sent in writing to them before such date (which shall not be less than one month from the date when the copy of the order was first posted), as may be specified in the notice; and\n(c) publish an advertisement in at least one local newspaper circulating in the parish stating the purport of the draft order and at what place in the parish it may be inspected (which may be on or near the church door mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) above or such other place as the Church Commissioners may decide) and that consideration will be given to any representations sent in writing to them before such date (which shall not be less than one month from the date when the advertisement was published) as may be specified in the advertisement.",
  "extent": "E",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 2(a) repealed (1.7.2018) by Statute Law (Repeals) Measure 2018 (No. 1), s. 2(3), Sch. Pt. 5; S.I. 2018/718, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/1986/2/schedule/1/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:23:02.156428+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."
}