Church Temporalities Act, 1840
CHURCH TEMPORALITIES ACT 1840 | ||
C A P. CI. | ||
An Act to amend several Acts relating to the Temporalities of the Church in Ireland. [10th August 1840.] | ||
3 & 4W. 4. c. 37. | ||
4 & 5 W. 4. c. 90. | ||
6 & 7 W. 4. c. 99. | ||
The Consent of the Curate or Officiating Minister of any suspended Benefice shall be good for certain Purposes. | ||
Whereas an Act was passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty, intituled An Act to alter and amend the Laws relating to the Temporalities of the Church in Ireland, which Act was amended by Two Acts passed respectively in the Sessions of Parliament holden in the Fourth and Fifth, and Sixth and Seventh Years of the same Reign: And whereas it is expedient to amend the said Acts in certain respects:’ Be it therefore enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That in every Case in which the Appointment, Presentation, or Collation of a Clerk to any Benefice or Parish shall have been suspended, pursuant to the said first-recited Act, and a Curate or other Minister shall have been appointed to officiate within such Benefice or Parish, the Consent of such Curate or Officiating Minister shall, for all Purposes for which the Consent of the Rector, Vicar, or Incumbent of such Benefice or Parish may by Law be required, be as valid and effectual, during such Suspension, as if such Curate or Officiating Minister were the Rector, Vicar, or Incumbent of such Benefice or Parish. |