The Faculty Jurisdiction (Amendment) Rules 2019

Amendment of Part 5 (faculty proceedings – parties and commencement)

7.  In Part 5—

(a) in rule 5.1(4), at the end, insert “where the court is considering making an order for costs against that person under section 69 of the Measure; a person may be added as a party by way of special citation in any other circumstances where doing so would further the overriding objective”;

(b) in rule 5.4—

(i) for paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1) The works or other proposals in respect of which a faculty is sought must be fully and accurately described in the schedule of works or proposals contained in the petition (or where a petition in Form 3A or 3B is not required, in the relevant part of the petition).

(1A) Where the Diocesan Advisory Committee has issued a notification of advice under rule 4.9, the works or other proposals must be described in the manner recommended by the Committee unless the chancellor directs otherwise.”;

(ii) for paragraph (2) substitute—

“(2) The works or other proposals must be the same as those in respect of which the Diocesan Advisory Committee issued a notification of advice under rule 4.9.”;

(iii) omit paragraph (3);

(c) in rule 5.5, after paragraph (3)(a) insert—

“(aa) where rule 4.4(1) applies, the statement of significance and the statement of needs that were provided to the Diocesan Advisory Committee;”;

(d) in rule 5.6, at the end of paragraph (1), insert “unless the petition is submitted using an online system through which the secretary of the Committee can access the petition”;

(e) in rule 5.7, the heading to which becomes “Inspection of petition and associated documents”, after paragraph (2) insert—

“(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.”;

(f) in rule 5.7(3), for “and (2)” substitute “, (2) and (2A)”.