Killiney Chapel Act, 1828

Enabling Chaplain to grant Leases for a Term of Years.

VI. ‘And Whereas the Value of the said Lands and Tenements, with their Appurtenances, belonging to the Deanery aforesaid, proposed to be granted and conveyed by the said Dean to the Use and Benefit of the first and other Chaplains aforesaid in Perpetuity, would be much augmented and increased, if the said Chaplain and his Successors, Chaplains of the said Chaplaincy, were empowered by Law to grant Leases of the same, so as to bind their Successors for a Term of Years;’ Be it therefore enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Chaplain and his Successors, when duly constituted and appointed in manner hereinafter provided, with the Consent in Writing of the Archbishop of Dublin and the Dean of Christchurch aforesaid respectively for the Time being, to grant a Lease of said Lands and Tenements, with their Appurtenances, or of any Part thereof, for any Term of Years not exceeding Sixty Years from the Time of the Execution of such Lease, at the full improved yearly Value of said Lands and Tenements with their Appurtenances, without taking any Fine, or any other pecuniary Consideration whatsoever: Provided always, that if any Fine or other pecuniary Consideration should be taken by said Chaplain or his Successors, or if he should grant a Lease of said Lands and Tenements, with their Appurtenances, or any Part thereof, without the Consent in Writing of the said Archbishop of Dublin and the said Dean of Christchurch respectively for the Time being first had and obtained, in such Case, or in either of such Cases, the said Lease so granted shall be ipso facto void, without any Process or Judgment of Law.