{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/faculty-jurisdiction-amendment-rules-2023/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/faculty-jurisdiction-amendment-rules-2023/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/866",
  "legislation_title": "The Faculty Jurisdiction (Amendment) Rules 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/faculty-jurisdiction-amendment-rules-2023",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Rules)\nThese Rules amend the Faculty Jurisdiction Rules 2015 (S.I. 2015/1568) (“the 2015 Rules”).\nRule 2 provides that persons proposing the movement, removal or alteration of a statue, plaque, memorial, monument or other article because it is considered to conflict with the role of a church as a local centre of worship and mission must, as part of the procedure, provide an explanation of how they have had due regard to guidance issued by the Church Buildings Council.\nRule 3 provides that in giving reasons for granting or refusing a faculty, the chancellor must state how any relevant guidance issued by the Church Buildings Council has been taken into account.\nRule 4 makes minor amendments to the 2015 Rules.\nRule 5 contains transitional provisions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/866/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:41:54.190288+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."
}