Vestries_Act_1850

Vestries Act 1850

Vestries Act 1850

United Kingdom legislation

The Vestries Act 1850[1] (13 & 14 Vict. c. 57), "An Act to prevent the holding of Vestry or other Meetings in Churches, and for regulating the Appointment of Vestry Clerks", was legislation to regulate the local government of parishes in England and Wales.

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The vestry of a parish could resolve to request that the Poor Law Board (later updated to Local Government Board) would order that suitable accommodation would be provided within a year of the order so vestry meetings would take place outside of the parish church.[2] A paid vestry clerk could be appointed using a similar mechanism.

The act was repealed by the London Government Order 1965.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by 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.
  2. [2]
    The Handy Book of Parish Law, William Andrews Holdsworth, Cambridge University Press, (1872)
  3. [3]
    "The London Government Order 1965". Legislation.gov.uk. 5 April 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2016.


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