Cathedrals Measure 1976
1976 No. 1
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]
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7. Revision of instrument creating additional canonry at Oxford.
For subsection (6) of section 42 of the
Cathedrals Measure1963 (which provides for the creation by an instrument made by the Cathedrals Commission of an additional canonry for the cathedral church of Christ in Oxford and, in subsection (6), for the revision of such instrument by a Commission appointed by the Standing Cimmittee of the General Synod) there shall be substituted the following subsection:
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" ( 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 Cathedrals 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. " 8. Construction, repeals and savings.
— (1) This Measure shall be construed as one with the
Cathedrals Measure 1963, and without prejudice to the foregoing provision, references in that Measure to a scheme made thereunder shall be construed as including references to a scheme made under this Measure.
(2) The following provisions of the said Measure, that is to say, section 1 to 5, 36 and, in section 52(1), the definition of “ the Commission ” , are hereby repealed.
(3) The repeal effected by subsection (2) above shall not affect any scheme prepared and confirmed under section 3 of the said Measure and in force immediately before the passing of this Measure, and any such scheme shall, except so far as it is varied or revoked under this Measure, continue to have effect notwithstanding the repeal. 9. Extent.
This Measure shall apply to every cathedral church in England existing at the passing of this Measure except the cathedral church of Christ in Oxford, and section 7 of this Measure shall apply to that cathedral church.
10. Citation.
This Measure may be cited as the Cathedrals Measure 1976 and the Cathedrals Measure 1963 and this Measure may be cited together as the Cathedrals Measures 1963 and 1976.
