Statutes and Ordinances of the University of Cambridge
Statute T
TEMPORARY PROVISIONS

1. In this Statute the term New Statutes shall denote those Statutes herewith made by the University of Cambridge Commissioners for the University so as to take effect on and after 1 October 1926, and any Statutes hereafter made for the University by the said Commissioners or by the University or by any other competent authority; and the term Old Statutes shall include the Statutes which are repealed as from the said date (except in so far as they are to be applied for the regulation of interests hereinafter preserved), and any unrepealed Statutes. This Statute shall have effect notwithstanding any provision in the New Statutes inconsistent therewith.

2. (Repealed by Grace 1 of 26 February 1975 and by Order in Council dated 23 July 1975.)

3. (Repealed by Grace 1 of 26 January 1994 and by Order in Council dated 22 June 1994.)

4, 5. (Repealed by Grace 1 of 26 February 1975 and by Order in Council dated 23 July 1975.)

6. (Repealed by Grace 1 of 7 June 1952 and by Order in Council dated 11 February 1953.)

7. (Repealed by Grace 1 of 26 February 1975 and by Order in Council dated 23 July 1975.)

8. (Repealed by Grace 5 of 17 November 1956 and by Order in Council dated 5 April 1957.)

9, 10, 11. (Repealed by Grace 1 of 26 January 1994 and by Order in Council dated 22 June 1994.)

12, 13. (Repealed by Grace 1 of 7 June 1952 and by Order in Council dated 11 February 1953.)

14. (Repealed by Grace 1 of 26 January 1994 and by Order in Council dated 22 June 1994.)

15. In the interpretation of this Statute the commencement of any Statute shall mean 1 October 1926, or, if the Statute in question is not approved by Her Majesty in Council until after 1 October 1926, the date of its approval.

16. (Repealed by Grace 17 of 26 July 1995 and by Order in Council dated 14 February 1996.)

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17. The repeal of any Statute or the rescission of any regulations notwithstanding, when for the administration of any trust fund governed by Statute E it is necessary that Ordinances should be made by the University under the powers conferred by that Statute, the regulations in force at the commencement of Statute E shall, so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of that Statute, remain in force until altered by Ordinance.

18. (Repealed by Grace 1 of 7 June 1952 and by Order in Council dated 11 February 1953.)

19. (Repealed by Grace 1 of 26 January 1994 and by Order in Council dated 22 June 1994.)

20, 21, 22. (Repealed by Grace 1 of 7 June 1952 and by Order in Council dated 11 February 1953.)

23. Women upon whom, before the commencement of this Statute,1 the title of a degree has been conferred shall be deemed to have been admitted to the corresponding degree on the date of the diploma conferring the title of the degree, provided always that any such woman who shall apply through her College to the Registrary to be admitted to the degree in person shall be so admitted on payment of a fee to be determined by the University.

24. Any woman qualified before the commencement of this Statute1 to receive the title of a degree who has not received it shall be entitled to be admitted to the corresponding degree.

25. Residence kept by members of Girton College or of Newnham College before the commence-ment of this Statute1 shall be deemed to be residence kept for the purposes of these Statutes.

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26. The words ‘first term of residence’ in Section 1 of Statute G, IV shall, in their application to a woman, mean her first term of residence subsequent to the commencement of this Statute.1

27, 28. (Repealed by Grace 1 of 7 June 1952 and by Order in Council dated 11 February 1953.)

29. The amendments of Statutes made by Grace 3 of 4 December 1948 shall have effect from the first day of October 1947.

30. (Repealed by Grace 1 of 27 April 1966 and by Order in Council dated 11 January 1967.)

31. (Repealed by Grace 1 of 7 February 1973 and by Order in Council dated 20 June 1973.)

32, 33. (Repealed by Grace 1 of 27 April 1966 and by Order in Council dated 11 January 1967.)

34. (Repealed by Grace 1 of 2 December 1998 and by Order in Council dated 21 July 1999.)

35. (Repealed by Grace 1 of 2 December 1998 and by Order in Council dated 21 July 1999.)

36. (Repealed by Grace 1 of 2 December 1998 and by Order in Council dated 21 July 1999.)

37. (Repealed by Grace 1 of 26 February 1975 and by Order in Council dated 23 July 1975.)

38. (Repealed by Grace 17 of 26 July 1995 and by Order in Council dated 14 February 1996.)

39. (Repealed by Grace 1 of 9 December 1981 and by Order in Council dated 7 April 1982.)

40. (Repealed by Grace 2 of 4 May 1978 and by Order in Council dated 20 December 1978.)

D, F

41. This Statute and the amendments of Statutes D and F made by Grace 4 of 12 June 1974 shall have effect from a date to be determined by the Council of the Senate,2 and notwithstanding the provisions of those amendments of Statutes the University shall remain in the Federated Superannuation System for Universities and shall continue to pay the pension contributions due thereunder in respect of the pensionable salaries of those University officers who, having joined in the System as officers of this University or of any other institutions in the System before the date determined by the Council of the Senate for the commencement of this Statute, have not elected to transfer to the Universities Superannuation Scheme.

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42. Any person who, before the amendment of Statute B, III, 6 made by Grace 3 of 12 December 1973 took effect on 1 October 1974, had an expectation by virtue of his holding a post in an institution connected with the University of being considered for admission to the complete degree of Master of Arts but had not been admitted to the degree by that date shall continue to be eligible for consideration for admission to the degree.

43, 44. (Repealed by Grace 1 of 9 December 1981 and by Order in Council dated 7 April 1982.)

45. (Repealed by Grace 17 of 26 July 1995 and by Order in Council dated 14 February 1996.)

46. (Repealed by Grace 1 of 9 December 1981 and by Order in Council dated 7 April 1982.)

47. (Repealed by Grace 17 of 26 July 1995 and by Order in Council dated 14 February 1996.)

48. Any person who satisfied the Examiners for the LL.B. Examination before 1 October 1982 may,

  1. (a)if he or she has already proceeded to the degree of Bachelor of Law, apply to the Registrary through his or her College for the redesignation of the degree as Master of Law,
  2. or
  3. (b)if he or she has not already proceeded to the degree of Bachelor of Law, supplicate instead for the degree of Master of Law.

On receipt of an application under (a) above the Registrary shall issue a certificate of redesignation and shall amend the University's records accordingly.

49. (Repealed by Grace 1 of 2 December 1998 and by Order in Council dated 21 July 1999.)

50. Subject to the provisions of the amendments of Statutes made by Grace 1 of 26 January 1994, a reference to the Council of the Senate in any Act of Parliament, Order in Council, Statute, Ordinance, or other instrument binding on the University shall be construed as a reference to the Council, and a reference to the Financial Board shall be construed as a reference to the Finance Committee of the Council.

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51. The duty to undertake examining which is imposed by section 4 of Statute D, II shall not apply to any University officer who was appointed to his or her current office with effect from a date earlier than 1 October 1994.

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52. The amendments of Statute G, II made by Grace 3 of 19 July 1995 shall have effect from 1 July 1995, and shall first apply to the calculation of College contributions in respect of the year 1995–96; provided that any excess of deductible allowances under section 7 may be carried forward from 1994–95 but not from an earlier year.

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53. The amendments of Statute G, II and of Schedule G made by Grace 6 of 26 May 1999 shall have effect from 1 July 1999, and shall first apply to the calculation of College contributions in respect of the year 1999–2000.

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54. The amendments of Statute G, III and the repeal of Schedules D and E made by Grace 1 of 6 August 2003 shall have effect in respect of the accounts of each College for such year as the College shall specify by notice addressed to the Registrary and for each year thereafter; provided that a College which has not given such notice shall prepare its accounts in the form that was required by Statute G, III on 1 October 2002, with such modifications relating to University contribution as may be approved by the Finance Committee. Such a College shall additionally submit to the Registrary a return signed by its Auditor, in such form as shall be prescribed by the Finance Committee, showing the calculation of the payment due under Statute G, II.

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55. The amendment of Statute G, II made by Grace 3 of 10 January 2007 shall have effect in respect of the assessment of the University contribution payable by each College for the year 2006–07 and for subsequent years. Any correction necessary by reason of delay in the approval of the amendment shall be made by adjustment to the assessment of the University contribution payable for the year in which the amendment is approved.

56. There shall be treated as a deductible item for the purposes of Statute G, II any amount which the College is required to set aside as a result of a decision taken by the Minister under Section 29 of the Universities and College Estates Act, 1925.

57. The University shall by Grace make transitional provision for the appointment of members in class (e) of the University Council constituted in accordance with the amendments of Statute A, IV made by amended Grace 2 of 5 December 2007.