Citation and commencement

1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Cathedrals Measure 2021 (Transitional Provisions) Order 2021.

(2) This Order comes into force on the first date on which the provisions of the Cathedrals Measure 2021 referred to in section 53(3) of that Measure come into force in relation to a cathedral.

Church Dignitaries (Retirement) Measure 1949: provision relating to freeholders

2. On the disapplication by section 53(3) of the Cathedrals Measure 2021 of certain provisions of the Cathedrals Measure 1999( 2 ) in relation to a cathedral, section 36(1) of that Measure (construction of references to dean and chapter, etc.) is nevertheless to continue to apply to the Church Dignitaries (Retirement) Measure 1949( 3 ) for so long as there are persons to whom that Measure is capable of applying in the case of that cathedral.

General transitional provisions relating to references to old cathedral bodies etc.

3. —(1) A reference in an instrument or other document to the dean and chapter, the administrative chapter, the administrative body, the cathedral chapter or the capitular body is, unless the context requires otherwise, to be read as a reference to the Chapter of the cathedral in question.

(2) A reference in an instrument or other document to a parish church cathedral is, unless the context requires otherwise, to be read as a reference to a cathedral in respect of which, immediately before the date appointed in relation to that cathedral under section 38(2) of the Cathedrals Measure 1999, there was no corporate body known as the dean and chapter.

(3) A reference in an instrument or other document to the provost of a cathedral is, unless the context requires otherwise, to be read as a reference to the dean of the cathedral.

(4) A reference in an instrument or other document to capitular revenues or capitular funds in relation to a cathedral is, unless the context requires otherwise, to be read as a reference to the funds of the Chapter of the cathedral.

(5) In this article, a reference to an instrument or other document does not include a reference to an enactment.