3.—(1) No consecrated land shall be used by the acquiring or appropriating authority so long as any church or other building used or formerly used for religious worship, or any part thereof, remains on such land, without the consent of the Bishop having been obtained.

(2) The use of any land by the acquiring or appropriating authority so long as any church or other building used or formerly used for religious worship, or any part thereof, remains on such land, shall, in the case of consecrated land, be subject to the like control as is imposed by law in the case of a similar use authorised by an enactment other than the Act or by a Measure, and in the case of any other land, be for such religious, charitable, educational, municipal or other purposes as are not inconsistent with the last use of the land by the religious denomination at or before the date of acquisition or appropriation:

Provided that in the case of land other than consecrated land, the Minister may, on presentation by the acquiring or appropriating authority of a certificate from the appropriate denominational authority that no objection is raised by that authority to any particular use of the land, authorise such use.