F2Cathedrals Measure 1999
1999 No. 1
A Measure passed by the General Synod of the Church of England to make further provision with respect to the constitution, statutes and administration of cathedrals.
F2Part I Governing bodies and financial provisions
F2 General provisions
F21 Duty to have regard to cathedral’s purpose.
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F22 Establishment of cathedral bodies.
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F23 The Council.
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F24 The Chapter.
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F25 The College of Canons.
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F26 Provisions concerning bishops.
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F27 Provisions concerning deans.
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F28 Two residentiary canons to be engaged exclusively on cathedral duties.
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F29 Further provisions required to be included in constitution.
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F210 Further provisions which may be included in constitution.
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F211 Statutes.
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F212 Provisions as to cathedrals for which there was no dean and chapter.
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F2 Provisions as to property
F213 Vesting of property in cathedral.
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F214 Schemes for transfer of property to cathedral.
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F215 Acquisition and disposal of land.
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F216 Cathedral moneys: investment powers, etc.
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F217 Proceeds of disposal of property forming part of endowment of cathedral.
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F217AInvestment of endowment funds on total return basis
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F218 Provisions as to moneys held by Church Commissioners on behalf of a cathedral.
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F219 Allocation of houses for residentiary use.
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F220 Inspection of cathedral property.
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F2 Financial provisions
F221 Stipends of dean and residentiary canons.
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F222 Payment towards expenses incurred by newly appointed deans and canons.
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F223 Grants for the payment of stipends and salaries.
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F224 Grants for houses to be occupied by clerks holding office in the cathedral.
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F225 Grants for repair of chancels.
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F226 Borrowing powers of Chapters.
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F227 Accounts, etc.
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F2Part II Revision of constitution and statutes
F228 Power of Council to revise constitution and statutes.
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F229 Procedure for revision of constitution.
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F230 Procedure for revision of statutes.
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F231 Signatories.
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F232 Saving for Crown rights.
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Part III Miscellaneous and general
F233 Saving for existing interests.
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F234 Charities.
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F235 Interpretation.
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F236 Construction of references to dean and chapter, etc.
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F237 Application.
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F238 Transitional provisions and savings.
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39 Amendments and repeals.
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The enactments specified in Schedule 2 to this Measure shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in that Schedule, being minor amendments or amendments consequential on the provisions of this Measure.
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40 Citation.
This Measure may be cited as the Cathedrals Measure 1999 and the Cathedrals Measures 1963 and 1976 and this Measure may be cited together as the Cathedrals Measures 1963 to 1999.
SCHEDULES
F2SCHEDULE A1 TO CATHEDRALS MEASURE 1999Investments of cathedral held on total return basis
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F22
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F23
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F24
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F25
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F2SCHEDULE 1 Transitional provisions
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SCHEDULE 2 Minor and consequential amendments
Ecclesiastical Commissioners (Powers) Measure 1936
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In the M1Ecclesiastical Commissioners (Powers) Measure 1936 in section 2(3)(d) the words from “or other” to the end shall be omitted.
Cathedrals Measure 1963
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The M2Cathedrals Measure 1963 shall be amended as follows.
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In section 40 (provisions as to Newcastle Chapter Endowment Fund) for the words from the beginning to “section 1 of this Measure” there shall be substituted the words “
The statutes made in pursuance of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Cathedrals Measure 1999 and any revision thereof under Part II of that Measure
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and for the words from “that scheme” to the end there shall be substituted the words “
the date on which those statutes come into operation that Fund shall be applied for the purpose for which it was applied immediately before that date
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In section 41 (provisions as to canonry annexed to archdeaconry of Norfolk) in subsection (3) at the end there shall be inserted the words “
The said sum shall be fifty pounds per annum.
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In section 42 (provision for appointment of additional canon at Oxford)—
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in subsection (4) for the words from “and subsection (2) of section 9” to “section 7 of this Measure” there shall be substituted the words “
sections 8(2) and (3), 21, 22 and 35(1) of the Cathedrals Measure 1999 shall apply in relation to that canon as if that Measure
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for subsection (6) there shall be substituted—
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The bishop, the dean and canons and the Church Commissioners acting jointly may make an instrument for the purposes of this section varying or replacing any instrument previously made thereunder and for the time being in force, and the provisions of this section with any adaptations necessary to take account of the passing of the Cathedrals Measure 1999 shall apply under this subsection as they applied in relation to an instrument made before the passing of that Measure.
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In section 44 (provisions as to Southwark) in subsection (1) for the words “A scheme made under this Measure” there shall be substituted the words “
The constitution or statutes made in pursuance of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Cathedrals Measure 1999 and any revision thereof under Part II of that Measure
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Dioceses Measure 1978
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Church Representation Rules
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In rule 27(1) of the M3Church Representation Rules for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted—
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in the case of a cathedral church which is not a parish church, of lay persons who are declared by the dean to be habitual worshippers at the cathedral church:
Provided that, in relation to Westminster Abbey, St George’s Chapel, Windsor and the cathedral church of Christ in Oxford, this sub-paragraph shall have effect as if at the end there were inserted the words “and whose names are not entered on the roll of any parish;”.
Priests (Ordination of Women) Measure 1993
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In section 3(9) of the M4Priests (Ordination of Women) Measure 1993—
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after the words “Cathedrals Measure 1963” there shall be inserted the words “
or section 12 of the Cathedrals Measure 1999
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the words from “or any other body” to the end shall be omitted.
F2SCHEDULE 3 Repeals
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Measure repealed (except for ss. 39(1), 40 and Sch. 2) (29.4.2021 for specified purposes, see s. 53(1)(d), and otherwise in accordance with s. 53(3)(6)-(8)) by Cathedrals Measure 2021 (No. 2), s. 51(1) (with ss. 24(8), 42(4), 48, 52(1) and with savings in S.I. 2021/1151, art. 2, and S.I. 2022/308, art. 2(2))