{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/church-property-measure-2018/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/church-property-measure-2018/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukcm/2018/8",
  "legislation_title": "Church Property Measure 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/church-property-measure-2018",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Leasing",
  "text": "(1) The incumbent or sequestrators of a benefice may not grant a lease of an excluded part of a parsonage house; and any lease granted in contravention of this subsection is void.\n(2) The DBF for a diocese may from time to time require the incumbent or sequestrators of a benefice in the diocese to provide the DBF with—\n(a) particulars of any part of the parsonage land of the benefice which is subject to a lease, and\n(b) particulars of the terms of each lease.\n(3) The county court may, on an application by the DBF for a diocese, make an order requiring a person who has failed to comply with a requirement under subsection (2) to comply with that requirement.\n(4) The bishop of a diocese may, with the consent of the DBF, authorise the sequestrators of a benefice in the diocese, subject to subsection (1), to grant a lease of parsonage land belonging to the benefice for such period as the bishop authorises; and section 59 of the Pluralities Act 1838 (which voids contracts for letting to clergy) does not apply to a lease under this subsection.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 6 in force at 1.3.2019 by S.I. 2019/97, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/2018/8/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:22:15.330132+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."
}