Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1992 (No. 1)

8 Amendment of New Parishes Measure 1943

The [1986 No. 36 & 7 Geo.6 No. 1.] New Parishes Measure 1943 shall have effect subject to the following amendments—

(a) in section 13 (power of Ecclesiastical Commissioners to acquire land for churches, etc.) in subsection (1)—

(i) in paragraph (bb) after the words “to be used as a” there shall be inserted the words “place of worship (other than a church) or”;

(ii) in paragraph (e) after the words “such church” there shall be inserted the words “or other place of worship”;

(iii) at the end there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(f) any land required for providing vehicle parking space for use in connection with any such church or other place of worship, church hall, churchyard or burial ground”;

(b) in section 16 (vesting of land acquired by the Commissioners)—

(i) after subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(1A) Where at the passing of the Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1992, any land or building is held by the Commissioners for any of the purposes mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection (1) of section 13 of this Measure (being land or a building acquired for that purpose before the passing of the Church Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1960), the land or building shall vest in the incumbent for the time being of the parish in which the land or building is situated.”;

(ii) in subsection (3)—

(A) in paragraph (a) after the words “to be used as a” there shall be inserted the words “place of worship (other than a church) or”;

(B) after paragraph (d) there shall be inserted the following paragraph— “or

(e) land required for providing vehicle parking space for use in connection with a church or other place of worship, church hall, churchyard or burial ground”;

(c) in section 17 (powers of dealing with land no longer required for purpose for which acquired) in subsection (1) for the words “or (e)” there shall be substituted the words “, (e) or (f)”.