Rule 5.3 Form of petitionI1

England

(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 F1section 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).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in rule 5.3(2) substituted (1.9.2018) by Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018 (No. 3), s. 99(2), Sch. 3 para. 43(b) (with Sch. 4 Pt. 1); S.I. 2018/720, art. 2

Commencement

I1: Rule 5.3 in force at 1.1.2016, see rule 28.1(2)