4 Consent of diocesan authority to acquisition of property.E
After the commencement of this Measure neither an incumbent nor churchwardens shall acquire any interest in land or personal property to which this Measure applies except an interest in personal property by gift or under a will without the consent of the diocesan authority.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 4, 5 excluded (1.10.2015) by The Ecclesiastical Property (Exceptions from Requirement for Consent to Dealings) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1545), arts. 1(2), 2(2) (with art. 2(3)(4))