Approval required for alterations to cathedrals

2 Approval required for alterations to cathedrals.

1

Subject to subsection (2) below and to F3sections 5 and 6 of this Measure, the F2Chapter of a cathedral shall not implement F4or consent to the implementation of any proposal—

a

for the carrying out of works F8, including works of repair or maintenance, on, above or below land the fee simple in which is vested in the F5corporate body, being works which would materially affect—

i

the architectural, archaeological, artistic or historic character of the cathedral church or any building within the precinct of the cathedral church which is for the time being used for ecclesiastical purposes, or

ii

the immediate setting of the cathedral church, or

iii

any archaeological remains within the precinct of the cathedral church, or

b

for the sale, loan or other disposal of any object the property in which is vested in F6the corporate body or which is in the possession or custody of the corporate body or to whose possession or custody the corporate body is entitled, being an object of architectural, archaeological, artistic or historic interest, including any object to which section 6A below applies

F7bb

for the carrying out of any work to any such object as is referred to in paragraph (b) above which would materially affect the architectural, archaeological, artistic or historic character of the object, or

c

for the permanent addition to the cathedral church of any object which would materially affect the architectural, archaeological, artistic or historic character of the cathedral church,

unless the proposal has been approved under this Measure.

2

Subsection (1) above shall not apply in relation to anything which—

a

is done by the F2Chapter in furtherance of its duties under the constitution and statutes of the cathedral church with respect to the ordering of services or otherwise in furtherance of the mission of the cathedral church,

b

is of a temporary nature, and

c

does not materially affect the fabric of the cathedral church.

F13

Where a proposal has been implemented in contravention of this section, anything done in connection with such implementation may be approved under this Measure and, in that event, shall be deemed to have been done in compliance with this section.