Queen Anne's Bounty Act 1714 Explained

Short Title:Queen Anne's Bounty Act 1714[1]
Type:Act
Parliament:Parliament of Great Britain
Long Title:An Act for making more effectual her late Majesties gracious Intention for augmenting the Maintenance of the Poor Clergy.
Year:1714
Citation:1 Geo. 1. St. 2. c. 10
Repeal Date:2018
Related Legislation:Queen Anne's Bounty Acts 1706 to 1870
Repealing Legislation:Statute Law (Repeals) Measure 2018
Status:Repealed
Original Text:https://archive.org/details/statutesatlarge69britgoog/page/150/mode/1up
Short Title:Queen Anne's Bounty Act 1716
Type:Act
Parliament:Parliament of Great Britain
Long Title:An act for the better collecting and levying the revenue of the tenths of the clergy.
Year:1716
Citation:3 Geo. 1. c. 10
Royal Assent:15 July 1717
Repealing Legislation:First Fruits and Tenths Measure 1926
Status:repealed
Collapsed:yes

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]

The long title of the act was:

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 The remaining sections of the act still in force were repealed by the Statute Law (Repeals) Measure 2018.

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