Explanatory note

These Rules are made under section 16 of the Care of Cathedrals Measure 1990.

Rules 3 to 16 and the Appendix deal with various procedural matters relating to applications under the 1990 Measure for approval of proposals respecting cathedral churches or objects belonging to or to be added to them, and to appeals from and requests for review of decisions refusing approval. In particular, the Rules prescribe forms for applications, notices and other documents, prescribe time-limits and other periods, and lay down requirements for submission and supply of documents, display of notices and notification of decisions. They also make provision for proposals affecting clergy housing, evidence, costs in proceedings before a Commission of Review constituted under section 10 of the 1990 Measure, and notice of proposed applications for listed building consent and schedule monument consent under section 15 of the 1990 Measure.

Rules 17 to 21 contain miscellaneous and general provisions, including requirements as regards inventories kept under section 13 of the Measure and the place of storage of inventories and certain other documents. They also give power to the Fees Advisory Commission established under the Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 1986 to prescribe fees for matters under the 1990 Measure, and deal with cases where members of certain bodies constituted under the 1990 Measure have a personal interest in matters under consideration by those bodies.