Governing instruments, etc.
7Statutes
1
The statutes must make provision for the good government of the cathedral; and the provision which may be so made includes in particular—
a
provision for the creation, continuance, abolition, suspension or termination of suspension of a dignity, office or body in the cathedral and for the title by which a dignity or office is to be known;
b
provision that the power of presentation or nomination to a benefice in the patronage of the cathedral is exercisable by the Chapter or a patronage committee of the Chapter;
c
if the whole of the cathedral is a parish church, provision that only part of the cathedral is to be the parish church;
d
if part of the cathedral is a parish church, provision that the whole cathedral or another part of it is to be the parish church.
2
The statutes must include provision as to the functions of the chief officers.
3
The statutes must include provision for the establishment of a group concerned with the management of the cathedral (see section 19).
4
The statutes must include provision for the fostering of the corporate and spiritual life of the Chapter and its members.
5
The statutes may include consequential, supplementary, incidental or transitional provision.
6
Provision made in the statutes must be consistent with this Measure and with the constitution.
7
A reference in this Measure to the statutes in relation to a cathedral is—
a
in relation to times before the commencement under section 53(3) of certain provisions of this Measure in relation to that cathedral, a reference to the statutes of the cathedral, and
b
in relation to times after that commencement, a reference to the statutes of the Chapter.