Places of Religious Worship Act 1812

Places of Religious Worship Act 1812 ^[a]

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
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	29 July 1812
Commencement	29 July 1812 [b]
Repealed	16 June 1977
Other legislation
Amends	Toleration Act 1688]
Repeals/revokes	Quakers Act 1662 Five Mile Act 1665 Conventicles Act 1670
Amended by	Promissory Oaths Act 1871 Statute Law Revision Act 1873 Summary Jurisdiction Act 1884 Statute Law Revision Act 1887 Statute Law Revision Act 1888 Territorial Army and Militia Act 1921
Repealed by	Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Places of Religious Worship Act 1812 ^[a] (52 Geo. 3. c. 155) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It updated the system of registration established by the Toleration Act 1688 (1 Will. & Mar. c. 18) for places of worship used by Protestant Dissenters except Quakers and set up a system of punishments for offenders against the act. ^[1] It also repealed the Five Mile Act 1665 (17 Cha. 2. c. 2) and the Conventicles Act 1670 (16 Cha. 2. c. 4). ^{[2] [3]}

Notes

1. The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and the first schedule 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 Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.

References

1. The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: 1812 , p. 1069-1071, at Google Books
2. "Dissenting Academies Project-Historical Information-Legislation". Queen Mary Centre for Religion and Literature in English. Retrieved 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