Faculty Jurisdiction Rules 1992

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Rules

“The Measure” means the Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1991;

“The archdeacon” means the archdeacon of every archdeaconry in the diocese;

“advisory committee” in relation to a diocese or archdeaconry means the Diocesan Advisory Committee of the diocese or of the diocese in which the archdeaconry is situated, as the case may be;

“article” includes any article appertaining to a building which is subject to the faculty jurisdiction by virtue of an order made under section 11(4) of the Measure.

“the chancellor” and “the registrar” mean, in relation to any proceedings, the chancellor and the registrar respectively of the diocese in which the church, churchyard or building licensed for public worship (which is for the time being subject to the faculty jurisdiction by an order made under section 6 of the Faculty Jurisdiction Measure 1964(1) or which is not excluded from the faculty jurisdiction by order under section 11(3) of the Measure) is situated, and include any person appointed to act as the deputy of the chancellor or registrar, as the case may be;

“confirmatory faculty” means a faculty which validates any act requiring a faculty (including any work to the fabric or fixtures of any church or any movables therein, or the introduction into or removal from the church or churchyard of any item, or any work affecting any churchyard) which has been done without prior authorisation by faculty;

“English Heritage” means the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England;

“exhumation” means the removal from the ground of a body or cremated human remains;

“interim faculty” means any licence or order made by the chancellor in respect of any works or purposes pending the final determination by him of a petition for faculty for such works or purposes;

“minister” has the same meaning in these Rules as in the Measure;

“national amenity society” means any of the following, the Ancient Monuments Society, the Council for British Archaeology, the Georgian Group, the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, the Victorian Society and such other body as may from time to time be designated by the Dean of the Arches and Auditor as a national amenity society for the purpose of the Measure.

(2) The Interpretation Act 1978(2) shall apply for the interpretation of these Rules as it applies for the interpretation of Measures passed by the General Synod.

(1)

1964 No 5

(2)

1978 c. 30.