# Forestry Act 1967, Paragraph 3

Extent: E+W+S

In the case of diocesan glebe land the Diocesan Board of Finance in which the land is vested and, in the case of land which is part of the endowment of any other ecclesiastical corporation, the corporation, with the consent of the Church Commissioners, may enter into a forestry dedication covenant relating to the land either for consideration or gratuitously, and the Ecclesiastical Leasing Acts shall apply as if the power conferred by this paragraph had been conferred by those Acts, except that the consent of the patron of an ecclesiastical benefice shall not be requisite. Provided—
(a) the consent of the Church Commissioners shall be required to any transaction under this paragraph relating to diocesan glebe land if such consent would be required under section 21 of the Church Property Measure 2018, and
(b) section 47 of that Measure shall apply to any transaction under this paragraph as it applies to any transaction under that Measure and as if the reference therein to the requirements of that Measure included a reference to the requirements of this paragraph.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/10/schedule/2/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/forestry-act-1967/schedule-2/paragraph-3
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