# The Faculty Jurisdiction (Amendment) Rules 2023, Rule 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation


(1) These Rules may be cited as the Faculty Jurisdiction (Amendment) Rules 2023.
(2) These Rules, except for rule 4(1) and (2), come into force on 1st January 2024.
(3) Rule 4(1) and (2) comes into force immediately after the commencement of the amendments made to section 78 of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018 by the Measure resulting from the draft Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure given First Consideration by the General Synod on 11th July 2022.
(4) In these Rules, a reference to a numbered rule is a reference to the rule so numbered in the Faculty Jurisdiction Rules 2015.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/866/rule/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/faculty-jurisdiction-amendment-rules-2023/rule-1
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