Landlord and Tenant Act 1927

Part IIE+W Application to Ecclesiastical and Charity Land

1(a)Where lands are assigned or secured as the endowment of a see, the powers by this Act conferred on a landlord in respect of charging land shall not be exercised by the bishop in respect of those lands, except with the previous approval in writing of the Estates Committee of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners.E+W

(b) . . . F1

(c)The Ecclesiastical Commissioners may, if they think fit, on behalf of an ecclesiastical corporation, out of any money in their hands, pay to the tenant the amount of compensation due to him under Part I of this Act, and thereupon they may, instead of the corporation obtain from the minister a charge on the holding in respect thereof in favour of themselves . . . F1

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Functions of Ecclesiastical Commissioners now exercisable by Church Commissioners; Church Commissioners Measure 1947 (No. 2), s. 2

2E+WThe powers by this Act conferred on a landlord in respect of charging land shall not be exercised by trustees for ecclesiastical or charitable purposes, except with the approval in writing of the [F2Charity Commission] or the Board of Education, as the case may require.

Textual Amendments

F2Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 2 para. 2 substituted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79, Sch. 8 para. 20; S.I. 2007/309, art. 2 Sch. (with arts. 4-13)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2Functions of Board of Education now exercisable by Secretary of State for Education and Science: Education Act 1944 (c. 31), s. 2(1) and S.I. 1964/490