Endowments and Glebe Measure 1976

1. Introductory Text

2. Payments by Church Commissioners towards stipends of certain clergy, etc.

   1. 1. Annuities to be paid by Commissioners towards stipends of certain incumbents.

   2. 2. Annual personal grants to be made by Commissioners to certain incumbents.

   3. 3. Provisions with respect to benefices held in plurality.

   4. 4. Provisions with respect to benefices entitled to benefits under certain private or local Acts.

   5. 5. Provisions as to payment of guaranteed annuity and personal grant.

   6. 6. Payments by Commissiongrs towards stipends of archdeacons.

   7. 7. Provisions for determining what constitutes endowments, etc.

   8. 8. Payments by Commissioners towards stipends, etc. of curates and lay assistants.

   9. 9. Application of moneys credited to income account of diocesan stipends fund.

3. Extinguishment of certain charges, trusts, etc.

   1. 10. Extinguishment of certain charges, etc.

   2. 11. Extinguishment of certain trusts.

   3. 12. Provisions with respect to certain rentcharges, tithes, corn rents, etc.

   4. 13. Provision in certain schemes, etc. for payment of stipends or appropriation of endowments revoked.

4. Future gifts for endowment of benefice, etc.

   1. 14. Property left or given to Commissioners or incumbent for certain purposes to be transferred to Diocesan Board of Finance.

5. Provisions with respect to glebe land

   1. 15. Transfer of glebe land to Diocesan Boards of Finance.

   2. 16. Diocesan Board of Finance may require incumbent, etc. to furnish information as to glebe land.

   3. 17. Lists of glebe land vested in Diocesan Boards of Finance to be prepared.

   4. 18. Means by which land may become diocesan glebe land.

   5. 19. Diocesan glebe land to be held, etc. for benefit of diocesan stipends fund; schemes for management of such land.

   6. 19A. Section 19 schemes: subsidiaries.

   7. 20. Powers of Diocesan Boards of Finance to deal with diocesan glebe land.

   8. 21. Power to vary list of transactions terms of which require the Commissioners’ approval.

   9. 22. Enforcement of restrictive covenants.

   10. 23. Grant or appropriation of diocesan glebe land for certain purposes.

   11. 24. Rent free house for team vicar on diocesan glebe land.

   12. 25. Moneys arising from dealings, etc. with diocesan glebe land to be paid to the Commissioners.

   13. 26. Diocesan glebe land income and minerals accounts.

   14. 27. Commissioners to be informed of certain matters affecting diocesan glebe land.

   15. 28. Liability of incumbents to make payments in respect of cost of repairs to glebe buildings abolished.

6. Provisions with respect to parsonage land

   1. 29. Letting of certain part of parsonage house prohibited.

   2. 30. Provisions to have effect where part of parsonage house has been let by incumbent.

   3. 31. Diocesan Board of Finance may require incumbent, etc. to furnish particulars of certain leases.

   4. 32. Provisions for transfer of parsonage land to Diocesan Board of Finance.

   5. 33. Repair of former parsonage house while vested in incumbent.

   6. 34. Sale, exchange, etc. of part of parsonage house.

7. Financial provisions

   1. 35. Further provisions relating to diocesan stipends funds.

   2. 35A. Moneys arising from investments of the capital moneys in diocesan stipends funds.

   3. 36. Provisions with respect to loans to Diocesan Boards of Finance.

   4. 37. Provisions with respect to certain loans outstanding at the appointed day.

8. Sequestrations

   1. 38. Amendments of the law relating to sequestrations.

9. Repair of chancels

   1. 39. Liability to repair certain chancels transferred to parochial church councils.

10. Miscellaneous

    1. 40. Memorandum etc. of Diocesan Board of Finance extended.

    2. 41. Amendment as to vesting of certain land acquired by the Commissioners.

    3. 42. Guidance by the Commissioners.

    4. 43. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    5. 44. Amendment of s. 45 of Charities Act 1960.

11. Supplemental

    1. 45. Interpretation.

    2. 46. Effect of endowment income diversion provisions in certain schemes and orders.

    3. 47. Amendments, transitional provisions and repeals.

    4. 48. Extent and application.

    5. 49. Short title, and commencement.

12. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

       Provisions with Respect to Schemes under Section 4

       1. 1. A draft of a scheme under section 4 of this...

       2. 2. The Commissioners shall serve a copy of the draft scheme...

       3. 3. (1) The Commissioners shall consider any representations duly made with...

       4. 4. (1) If the Commissioners decide to proceed with the draft...

       5. 5. (1) On the publication of a notice in the London...

       6. 6. As soon as possible after a scheme under section 4...

       7. 7. (1) The Commissioners shall send a copy of every Order...

       8. 8. Except insofar as any such scheme, or any provision thereof,...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       Acts to which Section 4 Applies

       1. Part I

          1. The Rochdale Vicarage Act 1866.

          2. The Walton-on-the-Hill Vicarage Act 1882.

          3. The Winwick Rectory Act 1884.

          4. The Burnley Rectory Act 1890.

          5. The Handsworth Rectory Act 1891.

          6. The Liverpool City Churches Act 1897.

          7. The St. Matthew Bethnal Green (Church Rate Abolition) Act 1898....

          8. The St. Marylebone (Church Rate Abolition) Act 1898.

          9. The All Saints Poplar (Rate Abolition) Act 1903.

          10. The Sutton Coldfield Rectory Act 1907.

          11. The St. Mary Stockport Rectory Act 1910.

          12. The St. Mary Radcliffe Rectory Act 1911.

          13. The St. Mary Prestwich Rectory Act 1911.

          14. The St. Olave’s Southwark Church Act 1918.

          15. The Weaver Navigation Act 1928.

       2. Part II

          1. The Walton-on-the-Hill Rectory Act 1843.

          2. The Walton-on-the-Hill Rectory Amendment Act 1877.

          3. The Walton-on-the-Hill Vicarage Act 1882.

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       Transactions Relating to Diocesan Glebe Land the Terms of which require the Commissioners’ Approval

       1. Sale.

       2. Exchange.

       3. Lease granted wholly or partly in consideration of a premium....

       4. Lease for a term of 21 years or more.

       5. Lease of such land as is referred to in section...

       6. Lease, licence or agreement relating to the searching for, or...

       7. Mortgage.

    4. SCHEDULE 4

       Provisions with Respect to Diversion of Endowment Income Provisions in Certain Schemes and Orders

       1. 1. Where before the appointed day— (a) the pastoral committee of...

       2. 2. Where a pastoral scheme or order made and, in the...

       3. 3. A provision to which this paragraph applies shall have effect—...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

       Minor and Consequential Amendments

       1. The Land Registration Act 1925 (c. 21)

          1. 1. In section 99 of the Land Registration Act 1925

       2. The Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963 (No. 1)

          1. 2. In section 71(4) of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963, for...

       3. The Cathedrals Measure 1963 (No. 2)

          1. 3. In section 17(2) of the Cathedrals Measure 1963 for the...

       4. The Repair of Benefice Building Measure 1972 (No. 2)

          1. 4. (1) The Repair of Benefice Buildings Measure 1972 shall be...

    6. SCHEDULE 6

       Transitional Provisions

       1. 1. Without prejudice to section 15(1) of this Measure, a Diocesan...

       2. 2. Where an incumbent has, or the sequestrators of a benefice...

       3. 3. (1) The repeal by this Measure of any provision of...

    7. SCHEDULE 7

       Enactments which cease to apply to Incumbents

    8. SCHEDULE 8

       Acts and Measures Repealed

       1. Acts

       2. Measures.