(1)Where the incumbent of a benefice and his successors are the registered proprietors of land—
(i)No disposition thereof shall be registered unless a certificate in the prescribed form has been obtained—
[F1from the Church Commissioners;]
(ii)No lien shall be created by deposit of the land certificate, and an inhibition shall be placed on the register and on the land certificate accordingly.
The production of a certificate from [F1the Church Commissioners]shall be a sufficient authority to the registrar to register the disposition in question, and it shall be the duty of [F1the Church Commissioners]to grant such certificate in all cases in which the facts admit thereof.
(2)On the registration of the incumbent of a benefice and his successors as the proprietors of a legal estate in land, if it is certified by [F2the Church Commissioners]or otherwise appears, that the land was originally purchased by Queen Anne’s Bounty [F3or the said Commissioners]or was otherwise appropriated or annexed by or with the consent or the concurrence of Queen Anne’s Bounty [F3or the said Commissioners]to the benefice for the augmentation thereof, the registrar shall enter a note to that effect on the register.
(3)Where the incumbent of a benefice is entitled to indemnity under the provisions of this Act, the money shall be paid to [F4the Church Commissioners]and appropriated by them to the benefice.
(4)“Benefice” in this section includes all rectories with cure of souls, vicarages, perpetual curacies, donatives, endowed public chapels and parochial chapelries, and chapelries or districts belonging, or reputed to belong, or annexed, or reputed to be annexed, to any church or chapel.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Endowments and Glebe Measure 1976 (No. 4, SIF 21:8), Sch. 5 para. 1(a)
F2Words substituted by Endowments and Glebe Measure 1976 (No. 4, SIF 21:8), Sch. 5 para. 1(b)
F3Words inserted by Endowments and Glebe Measure 1976 (No. 4, SIF 21:8), Sch. 5 para. 1(b)
F4Words substituted by Endowments and Glebe Measure 1976 (No. 4, SIF 21:8), Sch. 5 para. 1(c)