Queen Anne's Bounty Act 1714

The Queen Anne’s Bounty Act 1714 (1 Geo. 1. St. 2. c. 10) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain. It was one of the Queen Anne's Bounty Acts 1706 to 1870.[2]

Queen Anne's Bounty Act 1714[1]
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act for making more effectual her late Majesties gracious Intention for augmenting the Maintenance of the Poor Clergy.
Citation1 Geo. 1. St. 2. c. 10
Dates
Repealed2018
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law (Repeals) Measure 2018
Relates toQueen Anne's Bounty Acts 1706 to 1870
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Queen Anne's Bounty Act 1716
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn act for the better collecting and levying the revenue of the tenths of the clergy.
Citation3 Geo. 1. c. 10
Dates
Royal assent15 July 1717
Other legislation
Amended byStatute Law Revision Act 1867
Repealed byFirst Fruits and Tenths Measure 1926
Status: Repealed

The long title of the act was:

An Act for making more effectual her late Majesties gracious Intention for augmenting the Maintenance of the Poor Clergy.

The act gave augmented churches legal personality as corporations. The remaining sections of the act still in force were repealed by the Statute Law (Repeals) Measure 2018.

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  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. ^ The Short Titles Act 1896, section 2(1) and Schedule 2
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