Prospective

3extent E + Future liabilitiesE

section 3 1 + (1)Where, after the commencement of this section, the Church Commissioners acquire land and, immediately before the acquisition, a liability to repair the chancel of a church had effect as an interest in or over that land, the liability—

section 3 1 a + (a)ceases on the acquisition to have effect as such, and

section 3 1 b + (b)takes effect instead as a duty imposed on the Commissioners by this section.

section 3 2 + (2)A liability imposed on the Church Commissioners under this section is of the same extent as it was immediately before the acquisition.

section 3 3 + (3)Any Land Registry entry in respect of a liability to repair the chancel of a church which, but for this section, would on the acquisition have become a liability of the Church Commissioners having effect as an interest in or over land, ceases to have effect.

section 3 4 + (4)The references to the Church Commissioners include a reference to a subsidiary of the Commissioners.