Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006

Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8)

26 In section 318—

(a) in subsections (1), (2), (4) and (5) for the words “Church Commissioners”, in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated”;

(b) in subsection (2) for the words “Where the fee simple of any ecclesiastical property is in abeyance” there shall be substituted the words “Where any ecclesiastical property is vested in the incumbent of a benefice which is vacant” and in paragraphs (a) and (b) for the words “the fee simple”, in each place, there shall be substituted the word “it”;

(c) in subsection (3) for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted the words “shall be paid to the Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated” and the words “(in either case)” shall be omitted;

(d) in subsections (3), (4) and (5) for the word “them”, in each place where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “it”; and

(e) in subsection (6) after the words “ecclesiastical benefice” there shall be inserted the words “of the Church of England”, after the word “diocese” there shall be inserted the words “of the Church of England” and the words from “or being diocesan glebe land” to the end shall be omitted.