Church Property Measure 2018

27Disputes about glebe land etc.

(1)This section applies in relation to the glebe land and rights which vested in a DBF on 1 April 1978 under section 15 of the Endowments and Glebe Measure 1976.

(2)If there is a dispute between the DBF and an incumbent or sequestrators about the land or rights, or about a covenant, condition, agreement, easement or right to which the land was subject or of which it had the benefit immediately before 1 April 1978, it is for the Church Commissioners to decide the matter.

(3)A decision made by the Commissioners under this section is final and binds the parties to the dispute and each incumbent who succeeds to the benefice.

(4)A decision made by the Commissioners under section 15 of the Endowments and Glebe Measure 1976 continues to bind those whom it bound immediately before the commencement of this section and binds each incumbent who succeeds to the benefice.

(5)A decision made by the Commissioners under this section must be set out in an instrument made under their seal.