http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/2018/8/section/45AChurch Property Measure 2018A Measure passed by the General Synod of the Church of England to consolidate with corrections and minor improvements the Parsonages Measure 1938, the New Parishes Measure 1943, the Parsonages (Amendment) Measure 1947, certain provisions of the Church Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1960 and the Endowments and Glebe Measure 1976 and certain other provisions relating to Church property.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-07-28Expert Participation2024-05-17 PART 4 Miscellaneous and general<Emphasis>Property rights and obligations</Emphasis><Addition ChangeId="key-1672d5e6a715c8d38ec7ac5c94c6e022-1721657376315" CommentaryRef="key-1672d5e6a715c8d38ec7ac5c94c6e022">Power for bishop to act where benefice vacant</Addition>45A1Where a benefice is vacant, the person determined in accordance with subsection (2) may do anything in relation to any land that the incumbent would be entitled to do in relation to that land if the benefice were full; but that person must for that purpose obtain such authority under the faculty jurisdiction as the incumbent would be required to obtain.2The person entitled to act under subsection (1) is—athe priest-in-charge appointed for the benefice, orbif none is appointed, the bishop of the diocese to which the benefice belongs, after receiving a request to act from the PCC or, if the land is situated in more than one parish, from each of the PCCs acting jointly.3The power conferred by subsection (1) includes, in a case where the incumbent is the sole trustee of the land concerned, the power to do anything which a trustee of the land is entitled to do.4A power exercisable by the bishop under subsection (1) is in addition to, and does not limit, the powers conferred by sections 1(7), 2(2), 5(4) and (5), 12(1)(b), 43(4) and 45(8).S. 45A inserted (17.5.2024) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2024 (No. 1), ss. 14(2), 22(4); S.I. 2024/631, art. 2
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