# The Faculty Jurisdiction Rules 2015, Rule 5.3: Form of petition

Extent: E

(1) Where proceedings are to be started pursuant to a resolution of the parochial church council the petition must be in Form 3A except in a case to which paragraph (3) applies.
(2) Where the proceedings are to be started by the relevant person or body (in the case of a building included in the list maintained by the Church Buildings Council under section 38(1) of the Measure) the petition must be in Form 3B except in a case to which paragraph (3) applies.
(3) Where a faculty is sought—
(a) for exhumation,
(b) for the reservation of a grave space, or
(c) in relation to a memorial in a churchyard or consecrated burial ground,
the petition must be in a form approved for that purpose by the chancellor under rule 20.6(2).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1568/rule/5.3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/faculty-jurisdiction-rules-2015/rule-5.3
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