{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/faculty-jurisdiction-rules-1992/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/faculty-jurisdiction-rules-1992/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/2882",
  "legislation_title": "Faculty Jurisdiction Rules 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/faculty-jurisdiction-rules-1992",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Allocation to the Archdeacon",
  "text": "(1) Where a petition for a faculty for any of the works or purposes specified in Appendix A to these Rules (not being works falling within rule 12(3)) is unopposed and the advisory committee recommends the works or purposes in question or raises no objection to them an archdeacon may exercise the jurisdiction of the consistory court of the diocese in respect of every such cause of faculty arising in his archdeaconry to the extent provided in the said Appendix.\n(2) If the registrar is satisfied that the subject matter of the petition falls within the jurisdiction conferred upon an archdeacon under paragraph (1) above he shall endorse the petition accordingly and send it to the archdeacon for his consideration.\n(3) An archdeacon shall not make a final determination in any cause of faculty within his jurisdiction until he has sought the advice of the advisory committee in respect of the works or purposes the subject of the petition, provided that where the advisory committee supplied a certificate in Form No 1 under rule 3(2) above in respect of the same works or purposes not more than 12 months prior to the lodging of the petition the advisory committee may, if appropriate, confirm that they do not wish to alter the said certificate.\n(4) If an archdeacon decides to grant a faculty he shall endorse the petition accordingly and shall return it to the registrar whereupon the registrar on the expiry of the period for objection specified in rule 15 and provided the petition is unopposed shall issue\n(a) the faculty in Form No 5 in Appendix B, and\n(b) a certificate in Form No 6 in Appendix B to be completed in accordance with the requirement in the faculty.\n(5) If any person objects to the grant of a faculty before the archdeacon has determined the matter the registrar shall notify the archdeacon who shall immediately return the petition to the registrar and if an objection is received after the archdeacon has endorsed the petition under paragraph (4) above the archdeacon’s decision shall be of no effect and the petition shall be referred to the chancellor by the registrar and be dealt with by him.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/2882/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:11:42.975346+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."
}