31 Ecclesiastical property.E+W
Any sums agreed or awarded for the purchase of land being ecclesiastical property as defined in [F1section 12(3) of the Acquisition of Land Act], or to be paid by way of compensation for damage sustained by reason of severance or injury affecting such land, shall not be paid as directed by the other provisions of this Act, but [F2shall be paid to the Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated and] [F3 shall be applied] for the purposes for which the proceeds of a sale by agreement of the land would be applicable under any enactment or Measure authorising such a sale or disposing of the proceeds of such a sale. F4...
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67, SIF 28:1), s. 34(1), Sch. 4 para. 14(5)
F2Words in s. 31 substituted (1.10.2006) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 (No. 1), s. 16(2), Sch. 5 para. 12(2); S.I. 2006/2, Instrument made by Archbishops
F3Words in s. 31 substituted (25.9.1991) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 28:1), s. 70, Sch. 15, Pt. 1, para. 19(b); S.I. 1991/2067, art. 3.
F4Words in s. 31 omitted (1.10.2006) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 (No. 1), s. 16(2), Sch. 5 para. 12(2); S.I. 2006/2, Instrument made by Archbishops
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 1 modified (8.8.2017) by The Wrexham Gas Fired Generating Station Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/766), arts. 1, 23(2)(3)
C2Pt. 1 modified (22.7.2020) by The Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind Farm Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/706), arts. 1, 23 (with arts. 41, 42, Sch. 16 para. 66)