Prospective
(1)The Church Commissioners may from time to time specify by order the date on which the financial year for the Chapter of every cathedral ends.
(2)The Chapter of each cathedral must, within ten months of the end of its financial year, send a copy of its accounts and of its annual report to the Church Commissioners and the bishop.
(3)The Church Commissioners may by order require the Chapter of a cathedral to provide them with such other financial information, and to do so within such period, as the order specifies.
(4)Before making an order under subsection (3) which applies to all cathedrals, the Church Commissioners must consult such bodies as appear to them to represent cathedrals in relation to their financial affairs.