The Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury is a regulatory body in English law, which also exercises some adjudicatory functions.
The jurisdiction was conferred upon the Archbishop by the Ecclesiastical Licences Act 1533 (25 Hen.
This Act transferred to the Archbishop of Canterbury powers which had until then been exercised by the Papal Legate to England.
Notaries public in New Zealand and the State of Queensland, Australia are still appointed by the Faculty Office.
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