Clergy Residences Repair Act 1776 Explained

Short Title:	Clergy Residences Repair Act 1776
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of Great Britain
Long Title:	An Act to promote the Residence of the Parochial Clergy, by making Provision for the more speedy and effectual building, re-building, repairing or purchasing Houses, and other necessary Buildings and Tenements, for the Use of their Benefices.
Year:	1777
Citation:	17 Geo. 3. c. 53
Territorial Extent:	Great Britain
Royal Assent:	6 June 1777
Commencement:	6 June 1777
Status:	Partially_Repealed
Original Text:	https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=B09RAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA399
Revised Text:	https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apgb/Geo3/17/53

The Clergy Residences Repair Act 1776 (17 Geo. 3. c. 53), also known as the Gilbert Act, was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that improved the regulation of the building of clergy houses.^[1]

Legacy

The Select Committee on Temporary Laws described this act as a Consolidation Act.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: Britain, Great . The Statutes at Large from the Magna Charta, to the End of the Eleventh Parliament of Great Britain, Anno 1761 [continued to 1806]. By Danby Pickering ]. 1775 . J. Bentham . 31 . 399–417 . en.
2. Book: Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of . Reports from Committees of the House of Commons which Have Been Printed by Order of the House: And are Not Inserted in the Journals [1715-1801 |date=1803 |volume=14 |pages=34–118 |language=en].