# The Commons Registration (England) Regulations 2014, Regulation 49: Vacant benefices

Extent: E+W

Where any land or rights of common belong to an ecclesiastical benefice of the Church of England and the benefice is vacant, anything done with respect to the land or rights of common which, if the benefice had an incumbent, might by virtue of the 2006 Act or these Regulations be done by or to the incumbent may be done by or to the Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3038/regulation/49 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/commons-registration-england-regulations-2014/regulation-49
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