Queen Anne's Bounty Act 1707 Explained

Short Title:Queen Anne's Bounty Act 1707[1]
Type:Act
Parliament:Parliament of Great Britain
Long Title:An Act to inlarge the time for returning the certificates of all ecclesiastical livings, not exceeding the yearly value of fifty pounds; as also for discharging all livings of that value from the payment of first-fruits; and for allowing time to archbishops and bishops, and other dignitaries, for payment of their first-fruits.
Year:1707
Statute Book Chapter:6 Ann. c. 54(Ruffhead c. 27)
Royal Assent:1 April 1708
Repealing Legislation:First Fruits and Tenths Measure 1926
Status:Repealed

The Queen Anne's Bounty Act 1707 (6 Ann. c. 54) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. It was one of the Queen Anne's Bounty Acts 1706 to 1870.[2]

This Act is chapter 27 of 6 Ann. in common printed editions.[3]

Sections 2 and 3 and 4 were repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1887.

The whole Act was repealed by section 6 of, and Schedule 2 to, the First Fruits and Tenths Measure 1926 (No 5).

Notes and References

  1. The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 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. The Short Titles Act 1896, section 2(1) and Schedule 2
  3. The Public General Acts passed in the fiftieth and fifty-first years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. HMSO. London. 1887. Page 312.