Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act 1860

XVII Small Portions of Land under Leases usually renewed for the Purposes of Schools may be conveyed absolutely without Payment.

Where it appears to the Church Estates Commissioners that any such Ecclesiastical Corporation has been accustomed to renew without Payment of any Fine, or for a nominal Fine, the Lease of any Lands used for the Purposes of a School, or the Support or Maintenance thereof, it shall be lawful for such Corporation, with the Approval in Writing of the Church Estates Commissioners, or where the Lands have become vested in the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, for such Commissioners, to convey to the Trustees or other Persons to whom a Renewal of such Lease might have been granted in trust for the Purposes of such School all or any Part of such Lands, for the whole Estate of such Corporation therein, without requiring the Payment of any Consideration for the same; and every Conveyance in pursuance of this Provision shall be made and confirmed as provided by Section Five of the said Act of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Years of Her Majesty with reference to such Conveyances as therein mentioned.