PART 5 Public Notice

5.3 Display of public notice etc.
1 Not later than the day on which the petition is submitted to the diocesan registry (or on a later day if the chancellor so directs) the petitioner must—
(a) display the public notice in accordance with paragraph (2) if a petitioner is the minister, a churchwarden or a parochial church council (or a person acting on its behalf);
(b) display the public notice in accordance with paragraph (3) if the petitioner is the relevant person or body; and
(c) send a copy of the public notice to the registry.
2 Where a petitioner is the minister, a churchwarden or a parochial church council (or a person acting on its behalf) the public notice must be displayed as follows—
(a) it must be displayed for a continuous period of 28 days;
(b) in the case of a petition relating to a parish church or its churchyard, it must be displayed at the parish church;
(c) in the case of a petition relating to a church or place of worship, or any churchyard belonging to it, which is not a parish church, it must be displayed at the church or place of worship and also at the parish church (or each of the parish churches) of the parish;
(d) in the case of a petition relating to any other churchyard or consecrated burial ground, it must be displayed at the parish church (if any) and at the churchyard or burial ground in question;
(e) where the public notice is displayed in accordance with paragraphs (b) or (c) it must be displayed—
(i) inside the church on a notice board or in some other prominent position; and
(ii) on a notice board outside the church or in some other prominent position (whether on the church door or elsewhere) so that it can be read by the public;
(f) where the public notice is displayed in accordance with paragraph (d) it must be displayed on a notice board outside the parish church (if any) and on a notice board or other suitable place at the churchyard or burial ground in question so that it can be read by the public.
3 Where the petitioner is the relevant person or body the public notice must be displayed as follows—
(a) it must be displayed for a continuous period of 28 days;
(b) it must be displayed—
(i) inside the building to which the proposals relate on a notice board or in some other prominent position; and
(ii) on a notice board outside the building or in some other prominent position (whether on the outside of the building or elsewhere) so that it can be read by the public.