Cathedrals Measure 2021

Transfer of Council’s trusteeships etc.

8 (1) The trusts of any charity the property of which was, immediately before the commencement of section 2(3), vested in or under the management or control of the Council for a cathedral, whether with or without other persons, are to have effect with the replacement of the Council by the Chapter in its capacity as the body corporate for the cathedral.

(2) The trusts of any charity the property of which was, immediately before the commencement of section 2(3), vested in or under the management or control of one or more members of the Council for a cathedral in their capacity as such, whether with or without other persons, are to have effect with the replacement of each member concerned by a member of the Chapter whom it has appointed for the purpose.

(3) Any power to make an appointment or to give consent which was conferred on the Council for a cathedral by an instrument or other document made before the commencement of section 2(3) is transferred to the Chapter for it to exercise in its capacity as the body corporate for the cathedral.

(4) Any power to make an appointment or to give consent which was conferred on the chair of the Council for a cathedral in his or her capacity as such by an instrument or other document made before the commencement of section 2(3) is transferred to the dean as chair of the Chapter for him or her to exercise in that capacity.