Church Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1960

Part VI U.K. Miscellaneous and General Provisions

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Textual Amendments

F1 S. 21 repealed (1.1.2001) by Measure No. 1, s. 20, Sch. 8 Pt. I; Instrument dated 14.12.2000 made by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York

F2 22 Repeal of s. 1(1) (c) of the Benefices Act, 1898. U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F2 S. 22 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 6 Group 2(2)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 The text of ss. 1, 2(1)(2), 3(1)(2), 4(1), 5, 6(2), 12(2), 15, 20(4), 22 and Sch. is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

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Textual Amendments

F3 S. 23 repealed by Charities Act 1960 (c. 58), Sch. 7 Pt. II

24 Publication of notice of Order in Council confirming scheme of Church Commsssioners to be sufficient. U.K.

(1) Where the provisions of any Act or Measure require any Order in Council affirming, confirming or ratifying a scheme prepared, caused to be prepared or passed by the Commissioners to be published in theLondon Gazette,F4 ... those provisions shall be deemed to have been complied with if notice that the Order in Council has been made is published in theLondon Gazette,and any such notice shall state where a copy of the Order in Council may be obtained.

(2) For the purposes of the said provisions the publication in theLondon Gazetteof such a notice as aforesaid shall, notwithstanding anything in any Act of Measure, have the same effect as publication therein of the Order in Council.

Textual Amendments

F4 Words in s. 24(1) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 6 Group 2(2)

25 Form of consents. U.K.

(1) Any consent of a bishop required by virtue of this Measure shall be signified by writing under his hand.

(2) An instrument in writing signed by the secretary of [F5 the Board appointed or designated under section 1 of the M1 Repair of Benefice Buildings Measure 1972] stating that any consent of the board required under this Measure has been given shall be sufficient evidence that that consent has been given.

Textual Amendments

F5 Words substituted by virtue of Repair of Benefice Buildings Measure 1972 (No. 2), s. 29

It is provided that the words "diocesan dilapidations board" is substituted by the word "board" (1.1.2001) by Measure No. 1, s. 5, Sch. 3 para. 8; Instrument dated 14.12.2000 made by Archbishops of Canterbury and York

Marginal Citations

M1 1972 No. 2.

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Textual Amendments

F6 S. 26 repealed by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1976 (No. 3), Sch Pt. II

27 Provision as to deeds made under s. 9, 10 or 11. E

The sealing by the [F7 board] of any deed made under section nine, section ten or section eleven of this Measure shall be conclusive evidence that the requirements of the section under which the deed is made with respect to the transaction carried out thereby have been complied with.

Textual Amendments

F7 Words in s. 27 substituted (1.1.2001) by Measure No. 1, s. 5, Sch. 3, para. 9; Instrument dated 14.12.2001 made by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York

28 Interpretation. U.K.

(1) In this Measure, except where the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say—

• “bishop”, when used with reference to a benefice, means the bishop of the diocese in which the benefice is situated;

• “Commissioners” means the Church Commissioners and includes, where the context so requires, Queen Anne’s Bounty and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners;

• “consistory court” includes the commissary court of the diocese of Canterbury;

• “diocesan authority” means the diocesan board of finance or any existing or future body appointed by the diocesan conference to act as trustees of diocesan trust property;

• “functions” includes powers and duties;

• “property” includes any interest in real or personal property; and

• “suffragan bishop” means the bishop of any suffragan bishopric in England.

(2) References in this Measure to any Act or other Measure shall be construed as references to that Act or Measure as amended or extended by any subsequent Act or Measure including this Measure.

29 Extent. U.K.

This Measure shall extend to the whole of the provinces of Canterbury and York, except the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, but may be applied to the Channel Islands as defined in the Channel Islands (Church Legislation) Measures 1931 and 1957 or either of them, in accordance with those Measures.

30 Short title. U.K.

This Measure may be cited as the Church Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1960.