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Ecclesiastical Law
No. 3
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018
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The principal Church of England Measure governing the faculty jurisdiction (the system for authorising changes to churches and churchyards) and the ecclesiastical court system. It consolidated and replaced the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963 and the Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1991.
Key Points
- Faculty required for changes to churches
- Consistory courts hear faculty applications
- Appeals to the Court of the Arches (Canterbury) or Chancery Court of York
- Exemptions for minor works (List A and List B)
- Chancellors must consider the Uthwatt principles