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PART 7Objects of interest and Treasure

Body from which approval is required: sale, loan or disposal of object of interest

12.  An application by a Chapter for approval of a proposal involving the sale, loan or other disposal of an object within section 2(1)(b) shall—

(a)if the object has been designated by the fabric advisory committee as being of outstanding architectural, archaeological, artistic or historic interest, be made to the Commission; and

(b)if the object is not within sub-rule (a) of this rule but is of architectural, archaeological, artistic or historic interest, be made to the fabric advisory committee.

Body from which approval is required: work to an object of interest

13.  An application by a Chapter for approval of a proposal for the carrying out of any work to an object within section 2(1)(b) which would materially affect the architectural, archaeological, artistic or historic interest of the object, shall—

(a)if the object has been designated by the fabric advisory committee as being of outstanding architectural, archaeological, artistic or historic interest, be made to the Commission; and

(b)if the object is not within sub-rule (a) of this rule, be made to the fabric advisory committee.

Application to Commission: sale, loan, disposal of, or work to object of interest

14.—(1) Rule 7 shall apply to any application to the Commission under rules 12(a) or 13(a) which does not relate to an object of treasure within section 6A(1).

(2) Where on an application under rule 12(a) the Commission—

(a)consults the Church Commissioners under section 8(2A) on any financial considerations (other than any relating to the valuation of the object) which may be relevant to the proposal or

(b)under section 8(2B) requests the Chapter to consult the Council of the cathedral, if it has not already done so, and to inform the Commission of the Council’s views on the proposal,

the secretary of the Commission shall within 7 days of receiving it—

(i)copy the advice received from the Church Commissioners, and

(ii)copy the written views of the Council

to those specified in rule 7(4)(a) and (b) and shall give them the opportunity to send comments on the advice in paragraph (i) or the Council’s views in paragraph (ii) to the Commission within 28 days of the date on which the copy in question was sent to each of them.

Application to fabric advisory committee: sale, loan, disposal of, or work to object of interest

15.  Rule 5 shall apply to any application to a fabric advisory committee under rules 12(b) or 13(b).

Application to Commission: sale, loan or disposal of treasure.

16.  Schedule 1 to these rules shall have effect in relation to objects which are found within the precinct of a cathedral and which are or may be objects which, but for an order under section 2(2) of the Treasure Act 1996, would be treasure within the meaning of section 1, as supplemented by section 3, of that Act.