Places of Religious Worship Act 1812 explained

Short Title:	Places of Religious Worship Act 1812^[1]
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act to repeal certain Acts, and amend other Acts relating to Religious Worship and Assemblies and Persons teaching or preaching therein.
Citation:	52 Geo. 3. c. 155
Royal Assent:	29 July 1812
Repeal Date:	16 June 1977
Repealing Legislation:	Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977
Status:	Repealed

The Places of Religious Worship Act 1812 (52 Geo. 3. c. 155) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It updated the Toleration Act 1688's system of registration for places of worship used by Protestant Dissenters except Quakers and set up a system of punishments for offenders against the Act. It also repealed the Five Mile Act 1665 and the Conventicles Act 1670.^{[2] [3]}

Notes and References

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. Web site: Dissenting Academies Project-Historical Information-Legislation. Queen Mary Centre for Religion and Literature in English. 31 January 2021.
3. Charles F. Mullett, 'The Legal Position of the English Protestant Dissenters, 1767-1812', Virginia Law Review, Vol. 25, No. 6 (Apr., 1939), pp. 671-697