Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2010

2 In section 13—

(a) in subsection (1), for the words “The Commissioners” there shall be substituted the words “Subject to subsections (1A) and (1B) below, the diocesan board of finance”;

(b) after subsection (1), there shall be inserted the following subsections—

“(1A) The consent of the Commissioners shall be required to the exercise of any power to purchase buildings or land under subsection (1) unless—

(a) no person who is a connected person or a trustee for, or nominee of, a connected person is a party to the proposed transaction, and

(b) the person or body in whom or which, under section 16 of this Measure, the buildings or land are or is to vest has obtained and considered a written report on the proposed transaction from a qualified surveyor instructed by and acting exclusively for that person or body and decided that he, she or it is satisfied, having considered the surveyor’s report, that the terms on which the transaction are proposed to be made are the best that can reasonably be obtained for that person or body.

(1B) In subsection (1A)—

(a) “connected person” means the incumbent, the bishop, the registered patron, any member, officer, agent or employee of the parochial church council of any parish within the benefice in question or of the diocesan board of finance or of the registered patron or the spouse or civil partner or any child, parent, grandparent, grandchild, brother or sister of any such person; and

(b) “qualified surveyor” means a person who is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reasonably believed by the person or body in whom or which the buildings or land are or is to vest to have ability in, and experience of, the valuation of property of the particular kind, and in the particular area, concerned.”;

(c) in subsection (2), for the word “Commissioners” there shall be substituted the words “diocesan board of finance”; and

(d) subsection (3) shall be omitted.”