Cathedrals Measure 2021

Eligibility, etc.

2 (1) A person is not eligible to be a member of the Chapter if—

(a) the person is disqualified from being a charity trustee under the Charities Act 2011, and

(b) the disqualification is not subject to a waiver under that Act which is applicable to membership of the Chapter.

(2) Section 36 (safeguarding) makes other provision about disqualification from appointment to the Chapter.

(3) A person is not eligible to be a member of the Chapter if the person is a chief officer; and, accordingly, if a member of the Chapter is appointed as a chief officer, the membership of the Chapter terminates on the appointment.

(4) But a chief officer who was a member of the Chapter in accordance with the Cathedrals Measure 1999 immediately before the commencement of this Schedule in relation to the cathedral may, in spite of sub-paragraph (3), continue to serve as such—

(a) until the commencement of the charity provisions (see section 53(7)), and

(b) if the Chapter’s application under section 35 of the Charities Act 2011 for registration as a charity includes a request for the chief officer to continue to serve as such and the request is agreed to, from the time when the request is agreed to.

(5) Where the Chapter’s application for registration as a charity includes a request of the kind mentioned in sub-paragraph (4)(b), a chief officer is entitled to serve in reliance on sub-paragraph (4) pending the decision on whether to agree to the request.

(6) A person is not eligible to be a member of the Chapter unless the person is aged 16 or over.

(7) A person is eligible to be a non-executive member only if the person is—

(a) an actual communicant (within the meaning given in Rule 83(2) of the Church Representation Rules), or

(b) a communicant member of a Church which is not in communion with the Church of England but subscribes to the doctrine of the Holy Trinity.

(8) A majority of the non-executive members must be actual communicants (within the meaning given in Rule 83(2) of the Church Representation Rules).

(9) At least one non-executive member must have recent and relevant financial experience.