Talk:Occasional Conformity Act 1711

This article is rated Stub-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:

Politics of the United Kingdom

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Politics of the United Kingdom, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Politics of the United Kingdom on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Politics of the United KingdomWikipedia:WikiProject Politics of the United KingdomTemplate:WikiProject Politics of the United KingdomPolitics of the United Kingdom articles

??? This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.

More information:
/
	This article has been automatically rated by a bot or other tool as Stub-class because it uses a stub template. Please ensure the assessment is correct before removing the `\|auto=` parameter.

Law Mid‑importance

	Law portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Law, an attempt at providing a comprehensive, standardised, pan-jurisdictional and up-to-date resource for the legal field and the subjects encompassed by it.LawWikipedia:WikiProject LawTemplate:WikiProject Lawlaw articles
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

Scotland Mid‑importance

	Scotland portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Scotland, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Scotland and Scotland-related topics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.ScotlandWikipedia:WikiProject ScotlandTemplate:WikiProject ScotlandScotland articles
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

England Mid‑importance

	England portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject England, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of England on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.EnglandWikipedia:WikiProject EnglandTemplate:WikiProject EnglandEngland-related articles
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

Date of repeal seems to be wrong[edit]

I think that this Act was repealed by the Promissory Oaths Act 1871 (c.48). It is listed in Part 1 (Acts wholly repealed of Schedule 1 to that Act (as the text of the Act appears in the Statutes at Large) and the Chronological Table of the Statutes (HMSO) does not mention a repeal in 1719 or any other repeal.

I also think the long title is not quoted in full. —Preceding unsigned comment added by James500 (talk • contribs) 14:40, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Content[edit]

The Act outlawed the practice of occasional conformity. What provisions did it enact that accomplished this? J S Ayer (talk) 02:49, 6 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

as I read the law: It applied to any national or local official in England or Wales who was required to attend Church of England services and take the Lord's Supper. If such a person attended "any coventicle, assembly or meeting" of any other religion, they would be subject to a penalty of £40 and permanently barred from government employment. For full text see Andrew Browning (1996). English Historical Documents, 1660-1714. Psychology Press. pp. 398–99. ISBN 978-0-415-14371-4. Rjensen (talk) 04:52, 6 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, much better. J S Ayer (talk) 00:14, 8 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]