42 Provision for appointment of additional canon at Oxford.E
(1)Subject to the provisions of this section, the Cathedrals Commission may, with the consent of the bishop, the dean and canons of the cathedral church of Christ in Oxford and the Church Commissioners, make and seal an instrument providing for the creation of an additional canonry for that cathedral church:
Provided that the creation of an additional canonry under this section shall not involve any charge direct or indirect upon the revenues of the House of Christ Church.
(2)The bishop shall be entitled to appoint persons to fill the said canonry.
(3)A person appointed to fill the said canonry shall not be entitled to be a member of the governing body of the House of Christ Church.
(4)Any instrument made under this section shall regulate the rights and duties of the canon appointed thereunder and those rights and duties shall be such as to secure that the canon will be engaged exclusively on cathedral duties; and subsection (2) of section nine, section twenty-eight, section thirty, section forty-seven and section fifty-two of this Measure shall apply in relation to that canon as if section seven of this Measure provided that administrative functions in relation to the cathedral church were to be performed by the dean and canons.
(5)The Cathedrals Commission shall not seal any instrument under this section unless it is satisfied that a house of residence is available for allocation for the use of the canon to be appointed thereunder and the bishop shall not appoint a canon under this section unless he is satisfied that a house of residence is available and will be allocated for the use of that canon.
[F1(6)Where an application in that behalf is made by the bishop and the dean and canons of the cathedral church of Christ in Oxford to the Cathedral Statutes Commission appointed under the M1Cathedrals Measure 1976, the said Commission shall consider the revision of any instrument for the time being in force under this section and may, with the consent of the bishop, the dean and canons of the said cathedral church and the Church Commissioners, make an instrument under this section which may vary or revoke any instrument previously made thereunder and for the time being in force.]