169Ecclesiastical property
(1)Where the fee simple of any ecclesiastical property is in abeyance, it shall be treated for the purposes of a compulsory acquisition of the property under this Part of this Act as being vested in the Church Commissioners, and any notice to treat shall be served, or be deemed to have been served, accordingly.
(2)Where under this Part of this Act any notice, other than a notice to treat, is required to be served on an owner of land, and the land is ecclesiastical property, a like notice shall be served on the Church Commissioners.
(3)This section does not extend to Scotland.