Nonconformist Relief Act 1779
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An act for the further relief of protestant dissenting ministers and schoolmasters. |
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| Citation | 19 Geo. 3. c. 44 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Dissenters (Ireland) Act 1817 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An act to relieve Persons impugning the Doctrine of the Holy Trinity from certain Penalties, in Ireland. |
| Citation | 57 Geo. 3. c. 70 |
| Territorial extent | Ireland |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 7 July 1817 |
The Nonconformist Relief Act 1779[1] (19 Geo. 3. c. 44) was act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The act allowed any Dissenter to preach and teach on the condition that he declared he was a Christian and a Protestant; took the Oaths of Allegiance and supremacy; and took the Scriptures for his rule of faith and practice.[2][3] It relieved dissenting ministers from the obligation to subscribe to the Thirty-nine Articles.
The Dissenters (Ireland) Act 1817 (57 Geo. 3. c. 70) extended the 1779 act to Ireland.
Notes[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Dudley Julius Medley, A Student's Manual of English Constitutional History. Sixth Edition (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1925), p. 650.
- ^ Mark A. Thomson, A Constitutional History of England. 1642 to 1801 (London: Methuen, 1938), p. 406.