{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/faculty-jurisdiction-rules-2015/rule-5.7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/faculty-jurisdiction-rules-2015/rule-5.7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1568",
  "legislation_title": "The Faculty Jurisdiction Rules 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/faculty-jurisdiction-rules-2015",
  "path": "rule/5.7",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "5.7",
  "heading": "Inspection of petition and associated documents",
  "text": "(1) Where changes to a church or other building are proposed a copy of the petition and of any designs, plans, photographs and other documents that were submitted with it must be displayed—\n(a) in the church or building to which the works or other proposals relate; or\n(b) at another place where they may conveniently be inspected by the public and which is identified in a notice displayed both inside and outside the church or the building.\n(2) The petition, designs, plans photographs and other documents must remain on display until the petition has been determined.\n(2A) Where paragraph (1) applies and the petition and other documents mentioned in that paragraph are submitted to the court through an online system, the petition and other documents, together with a copy of the public notice displayed under Part 6, must also be publicly available for inspection online until the petition has been determined.\n(3) The chancellor or registrar may direct that paragraphs (1) , (2) and (2A) are not to apply in a particular case.",
  "extent": "E",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 5.7(2A) inserted (1.4.2020) by The Faculty Jurisdiction (Amendment) Rules 2019 (S.I. 2019/1184), rules 1(2), 7(e) (with rule 23(3)(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 5.7(3) substituted (1.4.2020) by The Faculty Jurisdiction (Amendment) Rules 2019 (S.I. 2019/1184), rules 1(2), 7(f) (with rule 23(3)(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Rule 5.7 heading substituted (1.4.2020) by The Faculty Jurisdiction (Amendment) Rules 2019 (S.I. 2019/1184), rules 1(2), 7(e) (with rule 23(3)(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 5.7 in force at 1.1.2016, see rule 28.1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1568/rule/5.7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:33:22.575744+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."
}