Article 22 Council for the Care of the Churches
Where notice of a petition has been served on the Council for the Care of Churches under rule 14(1)—
a report by the Council on the matter to which the petition relates may be made and sent to the chancellor within six weeks from the date on which the Council received notice of the petition; or
an application to give evidence in the proceedings may be made by a member of the Council or a person authorised by the Council, and any such application shall be in Form No 10 in Appendix B and shall be lodged at the diocesan registry not more than six weeks after the said date.
In any case not falling under rule 21 or paragraph 1 of this rule an application to give evidence may be made by a member of the Council for the Care of Churches or other person authorised by the Council to the registrar in Form No 10 in Appendix B and be lodged at the diocesan registry not less than fourteen days before the hearing.
The substance of any report made to the chancellor by the Council for the Care of Churches under paragraph (1) of this rule shall be disclosed to the parties to the proceedings not less than seven days before the date of the hearing.