Care of Cathedrals (Amendment) Measure 2005

2 Functions of the Cathedrals Fabric Commission for England

(1) In section 3(2)(a) of the 1990 Measure, after the words “cathedral church”, in the second place where those words occur, there shall be added at the end the words “, any buildings or archaeological remains within its precinct, the landscape and environment in which the cathedral church is situated and any objects referred to in section 2(1)(b) above”.

(2) After section 3(2) of the 1990 Measure, there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(2A) It shall also be the duty of the Commission to promote, in consultation with Chapters, fabric advisory committees and such other persons or organisations as it thinks fit, by means of guidance or otherwise, standards of good practice to be observed in relation to—

(a) the matters referred to in subsection (2)(a) above;

(b) the role and duties of cathedral architects or surveyors of the fabric and cathedral archaeologists;

(c) the compilation, maintenance and dissemination of information of architectural, archaeological, artistic and historic interest concerning cathedral churches, buildings and archaeological remains within their precincts and any objects referred to in section 2(1)(b) above; and

(d) the form and content of the records required to be kept by the Chapter under section 14B(a) below.”.