Cathedrals Measure 1976
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | measure 1976 No. 1 |
Cathedrals Measure 1976
A MEASURE passed by the General Synod of the Church of England to make fresh provision with respect to the revision of the constitution and statutes of cathedral churches; and to amend section 42 of the Cathedrals Measure 1963.
[25th March 1976]
1 Revision of constitutions and statutes of cathedral churches.
(1) For the purpose of facilitating the revision from time to time as circumstances may require of the constitutions and statutes of cathedral churches the Standing Committee of the General Synod shall appoint a Commission to be known as the Cathedral Statutes Commission (hereafter in this Measure referred to as ‘the Commission’).
(2) Where an application in that behalf is made to the Commission by the consenting body of any cathedral church, the Commission shall prepare in accordance with this Measure a scheme for revising the constitution and statutes of that church.
(3) The body which immediately before the passing of this Measure is the consenting body of any cathedral church for the purposes of the Cathedrals Measure 1963 shall be the consenting body of that church for the purposes of this Measure except where a scheme thereunder relating to that church provides that some other body shall be the consenting body thereof for those purposes.
(4) Any scheme prepared under this Measure may either provide a new constitution and new statutes for the cathedral church to which it relates or may amend the constitution and statutes in force therefor immediately before the scheme comes into force.
(5) Subsection (1) of section 14 of the Cathedrals Measure 1963 (which provides that a scheme prepared by a Commission under that Measure may provide that a parish church cathedral shall become a dean and chapter cathedral) shall have effect subject to the following amendments:—
( a ) for the words ‘the Commission’, where first occurring, there shall be substituted the words ‘the Cathedral Statutes Commission under the Cathedrals Measure 1976’;
( b ) for the words ‘the Commission’, in each place where they subsequently occur, there shall be substituted the words ‘the said Commission’;
( c ) for the words ‘section 3 of this Measure’ there shall be substituted the words ‘section 2 of that Measure’ and
( d ) for the words ‘Church Assembly under subsection (6)’ there shall be substituted the words ‘General Synod under subsection (7)’;
and for the word ‘under’, where first occurring in subsections (2) and (3) of the said section 14, there shall be substituted the words ‘prepared by virtue of’.
(6) The Commission may appoint committees consisting of such of its members as it may designate and may delegate to any such committee such of the functions of the Commission as it thinks fit.
2 Procedure for making schemes.
(1) The Commission shall prepare a draft of a scheme under this Measure after consultation with the consenting body of the cathedral church to which the scheme is to relate.
(2) The Commission shall submit any draft scheme prepared by it to—
( a ) the bishop,
( b ) the Church Commissioners, and
( c ) so far as is practicable, every other person who appears to the Commission to be affected by any provision of the draft scheme,
together with a statement that it will consider any written representations with respect to the draft scheme made before such date as may be specified in the notice, being a date not less than six weeks after the date on which the draft scheme is so submitted.
(3) The Commission shall also publish in one or more newspapers circulating in the diocese to the cathedral church of which the draft scheme relates a notice of the preparation of the draft scheme setting out its objects and specifying the place in the diocese where copies thereof may, on payment of such fee as may be specified in the notice, be inspected and stating that the Commission will consider any written representations with respect to the draft scheme made before such date as may be so specified, being a date not less than six weeks after the date of the publication of the notice.
(4) After the expiration of the period during which representations with respect to the draft scheme may be made under subsection (2) or (3) above the Commission shall—
( a ) send a copy of all the representations duly made to it to the bishop, the consenting body and the Church Commissioners, and
( b ) send a copy of any such representation to any other person who appears to the Commission to be affected by it.
together with a statement that the Commission will consider any written representations made to it before such date ais may be specified in the statement, being a date not less than three weeks after the date on which the copy is despatched.
(5) The Commission, having considered any representations duly made to it under this section, may, whether as a result of such representations or otherwise, amend the draft scheme as it thinks expedient.
(6) After considering any such representations and making amendments, if any, in the draft scheme the Commission shall submit the draft scheme to the bishop and the consenting body for their respective consents and shall also send a copy to the Church Commissioners.
(7) On obtaining the consent of the bishop and of the consenting body to the draft scheme, the Commission shall lay the draft scheme before the General Synod, and—
( a ) if before the end of the group of sessions of the Synod at which the draft scheme is laid a resolution is passed directing the Commission not to make the scheme, no further proceedings shall be taken in relation to the draft scheme, but without prejudice to the preparation of a new draft scheme; or
( b ) if before the end of that group...
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