34 Abolition of certain rights etc. of patronage.U.K.
(1)The right of pre-emption of the patron of a benefice under section 4 of the M1Parsonages Measure 1938 over any property belonging to the benefice in respect of which it is proposed to exercise a power of sale conferred by that Measure is hereby abolished.
(2)The requirement to obtain the consent of the patron of a benefice to the exercise of the power conferred by—
(a)section 2A of the Parsonages Measure 1938 (power of bishop during vacancy in benefice to divide, enlarge or improve parsonage house); or
(b)section 9(1) of the M2Church Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1960 (power of incumbent or bishop to take or grant easements over land belonging to benefice), or
(c)section 11(1) of that Measure (power of incumbent to dedicate certain land belonging to benefice for purpose of a highway),
is hereby abolished.
(3)The requirement to obtain the consent of the patron of a church to the exercise of the power conferred by section 20(1) of the M3Marriage Act 1949 (power of bishop to licence chapel for publication of banns and solemnisation of marriages) is hereby abolished.
(4)The obligation imposed by section 4 of the M4Army Chaplains Act 1868 to transmit to the patron or patrons of a church or chapel affected a copy of the draft of a scheme for constituting a precinct or district an extra parochial district for the purpose of that Act in order that he or they may have an opportunity of making observations or objections is hereby abolished.
(5)The Parsonages Board within the meaning of the M5Repair of Benefice Buildings Measure 1972 shall consult the registered patron, if any, of the benefice affected before—
(a)determining on the alterations (if any) with which damage to the parsonage house is to be made good under section 12(3) of that Measure, or
(b)determining that the whole or part of the damage be not made good,
but shall not, in either case, be prohibited from making its determination without the consent of that patron.
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Textual Amendments
F1S. 34(6) repealed (1.1.2001) by 2000 Measure No. 1, s. 20, Sch. 8 Pt. II; Instrument dated 14.12.2000 made by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York
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