Whereas— 

A The Church Property Trustees founded Christ’s College, Canterbury by Deed of Foundation dated 21 May 1855:

B The Deed—

• (a) provides for the College to be constituted by a Warden, Sub-Warden, and Fellows; and

• (b) appoints the Metropolitan Bishop of the Church of England for the time being of the ecclesiastical province, within which the College is situated, as Visitor; and

• (c) provides that the governing body of the College consists of the Warden, Sub-Warden, and Fellows; and

• (d) provides that the College should be governed by the statutes set out in the Second Schedule of the Deed or such other statutes as are made pursuant to that schedule:

C The governing body of the College was incorporated under the Christ’s College Ordinance 1855 with the name “Christ’s College, Canterbury”:

D The Deed originally provided for not less than 6 nor more than 25 Fellows:

E The Christ’s College Ordinance Amendment Act 1918—

• (a) altered the membership of the governing body so as to comprise a Warden and 18 or such greater number of Fellows as may be provided for under the statutes; and

• (b) provided for the election of one of the Fellows as Sub-Warden; and

• (c) directed the governing body to amend or replace the statutes so as to provide for the election of the Fellows, the term for which the Fellows hold office, the filling of casual vacancies, increases in the number of Fellows, and the election of the Sub-Warden:

F The governing body of the College wishes to have the power to alter the number of Fellows to be appointed to less than 18 if that is necessary for the proper management and administration of the College:

G The governing body also wishes to abolish the office of Sub-Warden and the office of Visitor:

H The objects of this Act cannot be attained otherwise than by legislation.