PART 1

THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS

Commissions of review

Commissions of review: continuation
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1
There is to continue to be power for Her Majesty to appoint commissioners who are to have jurisdiction to review a finding of the Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved in proceedings under section 18.
2
A party to proceedings in the Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved under section 18 may lodge with the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery a petition addressed to Her Majesty praying that She will be pleased to cause a finding of the Court in those proceedings to be reviewed.
3
A petition under this section—
a
must be in the form specified in rules;
b
must be lodged with the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery within the period so specified after the finding to which it relates.
4
On a petition being lodged under this section, a commission must be directed under the Great Seal to such five persons as Her Majesty may nominate to review the finding to which the petition relates.
5
Three of the nominees under subsection (4) must be persons each of whom—
a
is a judge of the Supreme Court or a member of the supplementary panel under section 39 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, and
b
has made a declaration that he or she is a communicant.
6
Two of the nominees under subsection (4) must be Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords.
7
A commission appointed under this section is to be known as a Commission of Review.
S. 19 in force at 1.9.2018 by S.I. 2018/720, art. 2