Section 1 Preparation and confirmation of schemes with respect to endowments and property of sees and stipends of bishops.
England
In the case of any see, the F1Church Commissioners (hereafter in this Measure referred to as “the Commissioners”), after consultation with the bishop and the diocesan board of finance, may, with the consent of His Majesty, prepare and submit to His Majesty in Council for confirmation a scheme for—
vesting in the Commissioners for the purposes of this Measure all endowments and other property belonging to, or held in trust for, the see or the bishop; and
securing to the bishop by way of a charge on their general fund such reduced stipend as the Commissioners deem appropriate:
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An Order in Council confirming a scheme shall be published in the London Gazette and, upon such publication, the scheme shall come into operation and shall have the force of law.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words substituted by virtue of Church Commissioners Measure 1947 (No. 2), s. 18(2)
- F2
S. 1(1) Proviso repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 6 Group 2(1)