Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1908

48 Provisions as to glebe lands. E+W

In the case of glebe land or other land belonging to an ecclesiastical benefice hired by a council for the purposes of . . . F1 allotments—

(1) The provisions of the M1 Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Act, 1871, shall not during the continuance of the tenancy be applicable to the buildings upon the land:

(2) At the determination of the tenancy, on the council quitting the land, or at any time within twelve months thereafter, the incumbent of the benefice to which the land belongs may apply to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for their consent to the removal of any buildings which have been erected on the land for the purpose of adapting the land for . . . . . . F1 allotments, and, on proof to the satisfaction of the Commissioners that any such buildings are useless, and that it is to the interest of the benefice that they should be removed, the incumbent may, with the consent of the Commissioners, and subject to such directions as they may give, pull down any such buildings and dispose of the materials thereof, and any proceeds shall be paid to the Commissioners to be by them applied to the improvement of the benefice in such manner as the Commissioners may direct.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words repealed with saving as to cottage holdings by Agriculture Act 1970 (c. 40), s. 65(1), Sch. 3 para. 5, Sch. 5 Pt. III

Marginal Citations

M1 1871 c. 43.