{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/church-of-england-miscellaneous-provisions-measure-1978/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/church-of-england-miscellaneous-provisions-measure-1978/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukcm/1978/3",
  "legislation_title": "Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/church-of-england-miscellaneous-provisions-measure-1978",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Church, etc. to be vested in Diocesan Board of Finance for certain purposes where fee simple is in abeyance.",
  "text": "(1) Where any ecclesiastical property is vested in the incumbent of a benefice which is vacant, it shall for the purposes of a compulsory acquisition of the property under any enactment be treated as being vested in the Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated , and any notice to treat shall be served, or be deemed to have been served, accordingly.\n(2) In this section “ecclesiastical property” means land being or forming part of a church subject to the jurisdiction of a bishop of any diocese (other than the diocese of Sodor and Man) or the site of such a church, or being or forming part of a burial ground subject to such jurisdiction, and “land” includes anything falling within any definition of that expression in the enactment under which the purchase is authorised.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 8 substituted (1.10.2006) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 (No. 1), ss. 11, 16(2); 2006 No. 2, Instrument made by Archbishops"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/1978/3/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:23:07.783472+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}