PART 1

Parsonage land

Status of parsonage house etc.

Certification etc.
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1
Where a house is built, bought or otherwise acquired as the parsonage house of a benefice or improvements to a house proposed to be constituted as such are completed, whether under this Part or any other enactment—
a
the bishop of the diocese must certify the house as the parsonage house of the benefice, and
b
the house is to be regarded for all purposes as the parsonage house of the benefice as from the date of the certificate.
2
Where the parsonage house of a benefice is divided into two or more parts—
a
the bishop of the diocese must certify one of those parts as the parsonage house of the benefice, and
b
the part certified as such is to be regarded for all purposes as the parsonage house of the benefice as from the date of the certificate.
3
A dwelling-house which, in the opinion of the Church Commissioners, should be retained for use as a parsonage house is to be treated as a parsonage house for the purposes of the Repair of Benefice Buildings Measure 1972 so long as it is vested in the incumbent or would be if the benefice were full.
4
Subsection (3) does not apply to a dwelling-house held under a lease which provides for the landlord to be wholly or mainly responsible for the repairs.
5
Where a question arises as to whether land is parsonage land, it is for the Church Commissioners to determine the question; and their determination is final.
S. 11 in force at 1.3.2019 by S.I. 2019/97, art. 2