9 Power to take or grant easements.U.K.
(1)The incumbent of a benefice, or during a vacancy the bishop, shall have power to take an easement for any estate or interest for the benefit of any land which forms part of the property of the benefice or to grant an easement over any such land:
Provided that the powers conferred by this section shall not be exercised without the consent of the Commissioners, . . . F1, the diocesan dilapidations board and, where the power is exercised by the incumbent, the bishop.
(2)The grant or taking of an easement under this section may be made either without monetary consideration or in consideration of the payment of a capital sum or of a periodic sum.
(3)Any capital sum payable in respect of the grant of an easement under this section shall be paid to the Commissioners to be applied for the purposes for which the proceeds of a sale of the land over which the easement is granted would be applicable.
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986 (No. 3, SIF 21:4), s. 41(2), Sch. 5
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 9(1) amended by Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986 (No. 3, SIF 21:4), s. 34(2)(b)