Coast Protection Act 1949

33 Provisions as to land belonging to ecclesiastical corporations.E+W+S

(1)Where under the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act any coast protection charge or instalment of such a charge, or any cost recoverable under subsection (1) of section thirteen of this Act, is payable or recoverable in respect of land belonging to an ecclesiastical operation, the Church Commissioners may—

(a)apply any moneys or securities held by them for the corporation in discharging the whole or any part of the sums payable or recoverable;

(b)[F1if the land belongs to a benefice, make grants out of their corporate funds in or towards the discharge of any such sum, [F2or make a loan in or towards the discharge thereof as if the discharge thereof were included in the purposes for which such a loan can be made under the provisions of the M1Clergy Residences Repair Act 1776, and the Acts or Measures amending that Act.]]

(2)In this section the expression “ecclesiastical corporation” means any ecclesiastical corporation within the meaning of the M2Episcopal and Capitular Estates Act 1851, and includes the incumbent of a benefice; and the expression “benefice” has the meaning assigned to it by section forty-seven of the Tithe M3Act 1936.

Textual Amendments

F1S. 33(1)(b) omitted (E.) (1.10.2006) by virtue of Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 (No. 1), s. 16(2), Sch. 5 para. 3; S.I. 2006/2, Instrument made by Archbishops

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