PART 4FACULTY JURISDICTION

Supplementary

I179Consultation with advisory committee

1

The chancellor of a diocese must seek the advice of the advisory committee before making a final determination in proceedings for obtaining a faculty, issuing a permanent injunction under section 71 or making a restoration order unless—

a

the action proposed relates exclusively to exhumation or the reservation of a grave space, or

b

the chancellor is satisfied that the matter is sufficiently urgent to justify granting a faculty, issuing an injunction or making a restoration order without obtaining the committee's advice.

2

An archdeacon must seek the advice of the advisory committee before making a final determination in proceedings for obtaining a faculty, unless the action proposed relates exclusively to exhumation or the reservation of a grave space.

3

In each diocese, the secretary to the advisory committee—

a

must compile and maintain a register of all petitions for a faculty referred to the committee for advice under this section, and

b

must ensure that the register is available for inspection by the public by prior appointment at such place in the diocese as the bishop of the diocese may designate.

4

Rules may specify further circumstances in which, or further matters in respect of which, the duty imposed on a chancellor by subsection (1) does not apply.