Care of Cathedrals (Amendment) Measure 2005

9 Conditions applying to approval and registers of applications

After section 10 of the 1990 Measure there shall be inserted the following sections—

“10A Conditions applying to approval

(1) Any approval given to an application under this Measure shall lapse at the expiry of the period of ten years from the date on which notice of the decision is given to the Chapter, provided that the body which gave the approval may extend that period by such period as it may specify.

(2) As soon as possible after the completion of any work for which approval has been given, the administrator of the cathedral shall notify the fabric advisory committee or the Commission, as the case may be, of the date of the completion.

(3) In subsection (1) above, the reference to the date on which notice of the decision is given shall, in the case of an appeal to the Commission under section 9(1) above or an application for review by a Commission of Review under section 10(1) above, be construed as a reference to the date on which notice of the decision of the Commission or, as the case may be, of the Commission of Review, is given to the Chapter.

(4) Subsection (1) above shall apply to approvals given before the date of the coming into force of section 9 of the Care of Cathedrals (Amendment) Measure 2005 as if for the reference to ten years from the date referred to therein there were substituted a reference to ten years from the date of the coming into force of the said section 9.

10B Registers of applications

(1) The Commission and any fabric advisory committee shall each keep a register, in the prescribed form, of applications for approval dealt with by them and shall make such arrangements as are prescribed—

(a) for inspection of the registers by any person;

(b) for the supply, on application by any person, of extracts of that part of the register which relates to an application for approval specified by that person;

(c) for enabling the Commission or a fabric advisory committee to supply, if it thinks fit, copies of the whole register or further parts of it, on application by any person.

(2) The Commission or any fabric advisory committee may impose a fee of a reasonable amount for the supply of copies of or extracts from the register under subsection (1) above and the amount charged may vary according to the circumstances.”.