Church of England (Legal Aid and Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1988

10 Amendment of s. 31 of Leasehold Reform Act 1967.

Section 31 of the [1967 c. 88.] Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (tenancies of ecclesiastical property) shall have effect subject to the following amendments—

(a) in subsection (1) for the words “an ecclesiastical benefice” there shall be substituted the words “a diocesan board of finance as diocesan glebe land” and for the word “incumbent” there shall be substituted the words “diocesan board of finance”;

(b) in subsection (4)—

(i) for the words “an ecclesiastical benefice” there shall be substituted the words “a diocesan board of finance”;

(ii) in paragraph (a) for the words “incumbent’s interest” there shall be substituted the words “interest of the diocesan board of finance”;

(iii) paragraph (b) shall be omitted;

(iv) in paragraph (c) for the word “incumbent” there shall be substituted the words “diocesan board of finance”;

(v) paragraph (d) shall be omitted;

(c) for subsection (5) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

“(5) In this section “diocesan board of finance” and “diocesan glebe land” have the same meaning as in the Endowments and Glebe Measure 1976.”