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DeutschClergy Residences Repair Act 1776
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to promote the Residence of the Parochial Clergy, by making Provision for the more speedy and effectual building, re-building, repairing or purchasing Houses, and other necessary Buildings and Tenements, for the Use of their Benefices. |
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| Citation | 17 Geo. 3. c. 53 |
| Territorial extent | Great Britain |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 6 June 1777 |
| Commencement | 6 June 1777[b] |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | |
Status: Partially repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
The Clergy Residences Repair Act 1776 (17 Geo. 3. c. 53), also known as the Gilbert Act, was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that improved the regulation of the building of clergy houses.[1]
Legacy
[edit]The Select Committee on Temporary Laws described this act as a Consolidation Act.[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^ The Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
- ^ The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.
References
[edit]- ^ Britain, Great (1775). The Statutes at Large from the Magna Charta, to the End of the Eleventh Parliament of Great Britain, Anno 1761 [continued to 1806]. By Danby Pickering. Vol. 31. J. Bentham. pp. 399–417.
- ^ Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of (1803). Reports from Committees of the House of Commons which Have Been Printed by Order of the House: And are Not Inserted in the Journals [1715-1801. Vol. 14. pp. 34–118.