Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018

79 Consultation 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.