Cathedrals Measure 1999

38 Transitional provisions and savings

(1) The transitional provisions in Schedule 1 to this Measure and subsections (2), (3) and (4) below shall have effect in relation to cathedrals existing at the passing of this Measure.

(2) If the Archbishops of Canterbury and York are satisfied that a constitution and statutes complying with the provisions of Part I of this Measure have been framed in relation to a particular cathedral in pursuance of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to this Measure, they may jointly appoint the date on which Parts I and II and sections 36 and 39 of this Measure are to apply in relation to that cathedral (referred to in this Measure as the relevant date), and the constitution and statutes shall come into operation on that date.

(3) Until the relevant date those provisions shall not apply in relation to the cathedral, and the [1963 No.2.] Cathedrals Measure 1963 and any enactment mentioned in Schedules 2 and 3 to this Measure shall continue to apply in relation to the cathedral in question as if this Measure had not been passed:

• Provided that sections 29 to 32 as adapted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 shall apply in relation to every cathedral for the purposes of that Schedule as from the passing of this Measure.

(4) Any scheme made under section 19(1) of the Cathedrals Measure 1963 in respect of a cathedral and any order made under section 20(3) of that Measure in respect of a cathedral and in force immediately before the relevant date shall continue to have effect as if made under section 14(1) or 15(2) above, respectively.

(5) Nothing in this Measure, except sections 36 and 39(2), shall affect the provisions of the [1959 No.1.] Truro Cathedral Measure 1959.

(6) Nothing in this Measure shall affect the validity of anything done by or in relation to any body or person mentioned in section 36 above before the relevant date; and anything (including legal proceedings) which on that date is in process of being done by or in relation to any such body or person in connection with a function relating to a cathedral may be continued by or in relation to the body or person acquiring that function by virtue of this Measure.

(7) Anything done by any such body or person for the purpose of or in connection with a function relating to a cathedral which is in force immediately before the relevant date shall have effect, so far as required for continuing its effect on and after that date, as if done by the body or person acquiring that function by virtue of this Measure.