{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-towns-act-1981/section-76",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-towns-act-1981/section-76.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/64",
  "legislation_title": "New Towns Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-towns-act-1981",
  "path": "section/76",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "76",
  "heading": "Ecclesiastical property.",
  "text": "(1) Where any ecclesiastical property is vested in the incumbent of a benefice which is vacant, it shall be treated for the purposes of a compulsory acquisition of the property under this Act as being vested in the Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated, and any notice to treat shall be served, or deemed to have been served, accordingly.\n(2) Where under this Act any notice, other than a notice to treat, is required to be served on an owner of land, and the land is ecclesiastical property, a like notice shall be served on the Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 76(1) substituted (1.10.2006) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 (No. 1), s. 16(2), Sch. 5 para. 23(1)(b); 2006 No. 2, Instrument made by Archbishops"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 76 substituted (1.10.2006) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 (No. 1), s. 16(2), Sch. 5 para. 23(1)(a); 2006 No. 2, Instrument made by Archbishops"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/64/section/76",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:13:40.790981+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."
}