6EIn section 42 —
(a)in subsections (2) 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) the words “, not being land in Scotland, Wales or Monmouthshire,” shall be omitted;
(c)for subsection (6) there shall be substituted the following subsection—
“(6)Where any ecclesiastical property is vested in the incumbent of a benefice which is vacant, it shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as being vested in the Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated.”; and
(d)in section (7) after the words “ecclesiastical benefice” there shall be inserted the words “ of the Church of England ” and after the word “diocese” there shall be inserted the words “ of the Church of England ”.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 5 para. 6 in force at 1.10.2006 by S.I. 2006/2, Instrument made by Archbishops