In this Part, unless otherwise indicated—

• “advisory committee” means—

  1. a

     in relation to a diocese, the Diocesan Advisory Committee of that diocese;

  2. b

     in relation to an archdeaconry, the Diocesan Advisory Committee of the diocese in which the archdeaconry is situated;

• “article” includes anything affixed to land or a building, and a reference to an article includes a reference to part of an article;

• “building” includes a structure or erection, and a reference to a building includes a reference to part of a building;

• “church” includes a building which is licensed for public worship according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England and is subject to the faculty jurisdiction;

• “land” includes buildings but, subject to that, the definition of that word in Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 does not apply;

• “minister”, in the case of a parish in which a special cure of souls has been assigned to a vicar in a team ministry by a scheme under the Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011 or by licence from the bishop, means that vicar;

• “minister”, in the case of a parish not of that description, means—

  1. a

     the incumbent of the benefice comprising the parish, or

  2. b

     a curate licensed to the charge of the parish or a minister acting as priest-in-charge of the parish, where rights of presentation are suspended;

• “parish” means—

  1. a

     an ecclesiastical parish, or

  2. b

     a district which is constituted as a conventional district for the cure of souls;

• “parish church” does not include a parish church which is a cathedral to which the Care of Cathedrals Measure 2011 applies;

• “restoration order” has the meaning given in section 72.

A notice, order or other document required by this Part to be served on or sent or given to a person may be served, sent or given by post, by delivering it to the person, or by leaving it at the person's proper address; and for that purpose and the purposes of section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978, a person's proper address is that person's last known address.