{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/church-of-england-miscellaneous-provisions-measure-2006/schedule-5/paragraph-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/church-of-england-miscellaneous-provisions-measure-2006/schedule-5/paragraph-23.json",
  "legislation": "ukcm/2006/1",
  "legislation_title": "Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/church-of-england-miscellaneous-provisions-measure-2006",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/23",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In section 76—\n(a) for the words “Church Commissioners”, in both places where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “ Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated ”, and\n(b) In subsection (1) for the words “Where the fee simple of any ecclesiastical property is in abeyance” there shall be substituted the words “ Where any ecclesiastical property is vested in the incumbent of a benefice which is vacant ”.\n(2) In section 80(1), in the definition of “ecclesiastical property” after the words “ecclesiastical benefice” there shall be inserted the words “ of the Church of England ” and after the word “diocese” there shall be inserted the words “ of the Church of England ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 23 in force at 1.10.2006 by S.I. 2006/2, Instrument made by Archbishops"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/2006/1/schedule/5/paragraph/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:22:37.183548+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."
}