{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cathedrals-measure-2021/section-36",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cathedrals-measure-2021/section-36.json",
  "legislation": "ukcm/2021/2",
  "legislation_title": "Cathedrals Measure 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cathedrals-measure-2021",
  "path": "section/36",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": "Disqualification",
  "text": "(1) If a person is included in a barred list, the person is disqualified from being appointed or elected as, or from serving as, a member of the Chapter of a cathedral.\n(2) If a person is convicted of an offence mentioned in Schedule 1 to the Children and Young Persons Act 1933, the person is disqualified from being appointed or elected as, or from serving as, a member of the Chapter of a cathedral.\n(3) If a person disqualified under subsection (1) or (2) is a member of the Chapter of a cathedral, the member's seat is vacated.\n(4) A person's disqualification under subsection (2) may be waived by the bishop giving the person notice in writing; and the notice must specify the bishop's reasons for giving the waiver.\n(5) Where a person whose seat is vacated under subsection (3) has his or her disqualification waived under subsection (4), the person may resume his or her seat if it has remained vacant.\n(6) A waiver under subsection (4)—\n(a) is of unlimited duration, and\n(b) has effect in relation to the Chapter of every cathedral.\n(7) Before deciding whether to give a waiver under subsection (4), the bishop must consult—\n(a) the diocesan safeguarding advisor, and\n(b) such other persons as the bishop considers appropriate.\n(8) On giving a notice under subsection (4), the bishop must give a copy of the notice to the registrar of the diocese; and the registrar must file the copy in the diocesan registry.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukcm/2024/1",
      "affecting_title": "Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2024"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/2021/2/section/36",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:22:09.979058+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}