EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules are made under sections 14(7), 15(4), 18B, 21(4) and 26 of the Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1991. They replace the Faculty Jurisdiction Rules 2013 and the Faculty Jurisdiction (Appeals) Rules 1998 (which are revoked subject to transitional provisions in rule 28.3).

The Rules regulate the procedure and practice of consistory courts, and of appellate courts, in relation to the faculty jurisdiction and the jurisdiction of consistory courts to issue injunctions and make restoration orders.

Parts 1 and 2 and 4 to 20 and Schedules 2 and 3 apply to proceedings in consistory courts.

Parts 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 to 27 and Schedule 3 apply to appeals from consistory courts.

Part 3 and Schedule 1 make provision for certain matters within the jurisdiction of consistory courts to be undertaken without a faculty, subject to conditions.

Part 28 makes provision for the citation and commencement of the Rules, revokes existing Rules and makes transitional provision.