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(1)The provisions of this section shall have effect where any compensation is payable by [F1any person ( “the person liable”)] under this Act, and apart from this section would be payable to a person in right of an interest in land held by him for religious purposes:
Provided that this section shall not apply to any compensation payable by virtue of section twenty-two of this Act.
(2)If the land[F2, not being land in Scotland, Wales or Monmouthshire,] is ecclesiastical property, the compensation shall be paid to the [F3Church Commissioners][F3Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated].
(3)If the land, being land in Scotland, is property belonging to the Church of Scotland, the compensation shall be paid to the general treasurer of that Church.
(4)If, in the case of land not falling within subsection (2) or subsection (3) of this section, [F1the person liable is] so requested by or on behalf of a body of persons notified to [F1the person liable]by the Minister, after consultation with such persons or organisations as he may think appropriate, as the appropriate representative body, [F1the person liable]shall pay the compensation to that representative body.
(5)Where apart from this section compensation would be payable to a person as the owner of land, and—
(a)by virtue of subsection (2) or subsection (4) of this section the compensation is payable to the [F4Church Commissioners][F4Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated] or a representative body, and
(b)by virtue of the operation in relation to that land of section twenty-four or section thirty of this Act, compensation is recoverable from him by another person,
the [F4Church Commissioners][F4Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated] or representative body, as the case may be, shall indemnify him against any liability in respect of the compensation referred to in paragraph (b) of this subsection, and for that purpose may apply any money or securities held by them.
(6)[F5Where the fee simple of any ecclesiastical property, not being property in Wales or Monmouthshire, is in abeyance, it shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as being vested in the Church Commissioners.]
[F5Where any ecclesiastical property is vested in the incumbent of a benefice which is vacant, it shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as being vested in the Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated.]
(7)In this section “ecclesiastical property” means property belonging to an ecclesiastical benefice[F6of the Church of England], or being or forming part of a church subject to the jurisdiction of a bishop of a diocese[F6of the Church of England] or the site of such a church, or being or forming part of a burial ground subject to such jurisdiction.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 42(1)(4) substituted (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, s. 52, Sch. 8 para. 31(1)(2) (with s. 40(7); S.I. 1994/2553, art. 2
F2Words in s. 42(2) omitted (E.) (1.10.2006) by virtue of Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 (No. 1), s. 16(2), Sch. 5 para. 6(b); 2006 No. 2, Instrument made by Archbishops
F3Words in s. 42(2) substituted (E.) (1.10.2006) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 (No. 1), s. 16(2), Sch. 5 para. 6(a); 2006 No. 2, Instrument made by Archbishops
F4Words in s. 42(5) substituted (E.) (1.10.2006) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 (No. 1), s. 16(2), Sch. 5 para. 6(a); 2006 No. 2, Instrument made by Archbishops
F5S. 42(6) substituted (E.) (1.10.2006) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 (No. 1), s. 16(2), Sch. 5 para. 6(c); 2006 No. 2, Instrument made by Archbishops
F6Words in s. 42(7) inserted (E.) (1.10.2006) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 (No. 1), s. 16(2), Sch. 5 para. 6(d); 2006 No. 2, Instrument made by Archbishops
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