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(1)Without prejudice to the provisions of the M1Acquisition of Land Act 1981 with respect to notices served under that Act, where under any of the provisions of this Act a notice or copy of a notice is required to be served on an owner of land, and the land is ecclesiastical property, a similar notice or copy of a notice shall be served on the [F1Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated].
(2)[F2Where any ecclesiastical property is vested in the incumbent of a benefice which is vacant]—
(a)if the property is situated elsewhere than in Wales, then for the purposes of the provisions specified in Part VI of Schedule 16 [F3it] shall be treated as being vested in the [F4Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated];
(b)in any case, [F3it] shall, for the purposes of a compulsory acquisition of the property under Part IX, be treated as being vested in the [F4Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated], and any notice to treat shall be served, or be deemed to have been served, accordingly.
(3)Any compensation payable under Part IV, section 186, Part VIII (except section 204) or section 250 in respect of land which is ecclesiastical property [F5shall be paid to the Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated], and shall F6. . . be applied by [F7it] for the purposes for which the proceeds of a sale by agreement of the land would be applicable under any enactment or Measure authorising or disposing of the proceeds of such a sale.
(4)Any sum which under any of the provisions specified in Part III of Schedule 16 is payable in relation to land which is, or on 1st July 1948 was, ecclesiastical property, and apart from this subsection would be payable to an incumbent—
(a)shall be paid to the [F8Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated], and
(b)shall be applied by [F7it] for the purposes mentioned in subsection [F9(3)].
(5)Where any sum is recoverable under section 111, [F10or 112] in respect of any such land, the [F11Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated] may apply any money or securities held by [F7it] in the payment of that sum.
(6)In this section “ecclesiastical property” means land belonging to an ecclesiastical benefice [F12of the Church of England], or being or forming part of a church subject to the jurisdiction of a bishop of any diocese [F13of the Church of England] or the site of such a church, or being or forming part of a burial ground subject to such jurisdiction F14. . . .
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F1Words in s. 318(1) substituted (E.) (1.10.2006) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 (No. 1), ss. 14, 16(2), Sch. 5 para. 26(a); {Instrument dated 11.9.2006 made by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York}
F2Words in s. 318(2) substituted (E.) (1.10.2006) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 (No. 1), ss. 14, 16(2), Sch. 5 para. 26(b); {Instrument dated 11.9.2006 made by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York}
F3Word in s. 318(5) substituted (E.) (1.10.2006) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 (No. 1), ss. 14, 16(2), Sch. 5 para. 26(b); {Instrument dated 11.9.2006 made by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York}
F4Words in s. 318(2) substituted (E.) (1.10.2006) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 (No. 1), ss. 14, 16(2), Sch. 5 para. 26(a); {Instrument dated 11.9.2006 made by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York}
F5Words in s. 318(3) substituted for s. 318(3)(a)(b) (E.) (1.10.2006) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 (No. 1), ss. 14, 16(2), Sch. 5 para. 26(c); {Instrument dated 11.9.2006 made by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York}
F6Words in s. 318(3)(b) omitted (E.) (1.10.2006) by virtue of Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 (No. 1), ss. 14, 16(2), Sch. 5 para. 26(c); {Instrument dated 11.9.2006 made by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York}
F7Word in s. 318(3)(4)(5) substituted (E.) (1.10.2006) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 (No. 1), ss. 14, 16(2), Sch. 5 para. 26(d); {Instrument dated 11.9.2006 made by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York}
F8Words in s. 318(4) substituted (E.) (1.10.2006) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 (No. 1), ss. 14, 16(2), Sch. 5 para. 26(a); {Instrument dated 11.9.2006 made by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York}
F9Word in s. 318(4)(b) substituted (25.9.1991) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1), s. 70, Sch. 15 Pt. II para. 30(2) (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 1991/2067, art.3 (subject to art. 4)
F10Words in s. 318(5) substituted (25.9.1991) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1), s. 31, Sch. 6 para. 33 (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 1991/2067, art.3 (subject to art. 4)
F11Words in s. 318(5) substituted (E.) (1.10.2006) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 (No. 1), ss. 14, 16(2), Sch. 5 para. 26(a); {Instrument dated 11.9.2006 made by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York}
F12Words in s. 318(6) inserted (E.) (1.10.2006) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 (No. 1), ss. 14, 16(2), Sch. 5 para. 26(e); {Instrument dated 11.9.2006 made by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York}
F13Words in s. 318(6) inserted (E.) (1.10.2006) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 (No. 1), ss. 14, 16(2), Sch. 5 para. 26(e); {Instrument dated 11.9.2006 made by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York}
F14Words in s. 318(6) omitted (E.) (1.10.2006) by virtue of Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 (No. 1), ss. 14, 16(2), Sch. 5 para. 26(e); {Instrument dated 11.9.2006 made by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York}
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 318(1)(3)(6) applied (with modifications) (1.6.1997) by S.I. 1997/1160, reg. 16(1)
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