Church Discipline Act 1840

Church Discipline Act 1840[a]
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act for better enforcing Church Discipline.
Citation3 & 4 Vict. c. 86
Territorial extent 
[b]
Dates
Royal assent7 August 1840
Commencement7 August 1840[c]
Repealed1 March 1965
Other legislation
Repeals/revokesClergy Act 1485
Amended by
Repealed byEcclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Church Discipline Act 1840[a] (3 & 4 Vict. c. 86) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The act provided a new procedure for the hearing of complaints against clergy.[1]

Provisions

Section 1 of the act repealed the Clergy Act 1485 (1 Hen. 7. c. 4).[2]

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 87 of, and the fifth schedule to, the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963 (No. 1), which came into force on 1 March 1965.[3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Short Titles Act 1896. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
  2. ↑ Section 25.
  3. ↑ The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.

References

  1. ↑ Collier, Peter (17 November 2021). "50 Years of Safeguarding – 950 Years of Clergy Discipline: Where do we go from here?" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "Church Discipline Act 1840", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Vict/3-4 c. 86
  3. ↑ "Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1963 c. 1
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