Part IIIMiscellaneous and general

36Construction of references to dean and chapter, etc

1

Any reference in an enactment, instrument or other document to any of the following bodies of a cathedral, that is to say—

  • the dean and chapter,

  • the administrative chapter,

  • the administrative body,

  • the cathedral chapter,

  • the capitular body,

  • the cathedral council,

shall, unless the context otherwise requires or this Measure otherwise provides, be construed as a reference to the Chapter of the cathedral.

2

Any reference in an enactment mentioned below to a chapter, cathedral chapter, dean and chapter (or the corporation thereof) or capitular body shall be construed as a reference to the corporate body of the cathedral—

[39&40Geo.3c.41.]

Ecclesiastical Leases Act 1800

section 1

[6&7Will.4c.20.]

Ecclesiastical Leases Act 1836

section 1

[6&7Will.4c.64.]

Ecclesiastical Leases (Amendment) Act 1836

section 1

[3&4Vict.c.113.]

Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act 1840

sections 68 and 84

[15&16Geo.5 c.24.]

Universities and College Estates Act 1925

section 37

[1967 c. 88.]

Leasehold Reform Act 1967

section 31

[1982 c. 53.]

Administration of Justice Act 1982

section 41(3)

[1983 No. 1.]

Pastoral Measure 1983

Schedule 3, paragraph 7(1)

[1993 c. 28.]

Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993

Schedule 2, paragraph 8 and Schedule 14, paragraph 11.

3

Any reference in an enactment, instrument or other document to a parish church cathedral shall, unless the context otherwise requires or this Measure otherwise provides, be construed as a reference to a cathedral in respect of which, immediately before the relevant date, there was no corporate body known as the dean and chapter.

4

Any reference in an enactment, instrument or other document to the provost of a cathedral shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to the dean of the cathedral.

5

Any reference in an enactment, instrument or other document to capitular revenues or capitular funds in relation to a cathedral shall be construed as a reference to the revenues or funds (respectively) of the cathedral.

6

Nothing in this section applies in relation to Westminster Abbey, St George’s Chapel, Windsor or the cathedral church of Christ in Oxford.