Vestries Act 1850
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to prevent the holding of Vestry or other Meetings in Churches, and for regulating the Appointment of Vestry Clerks. |
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| Citation | 13 & 14 Vict. c. 57 |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales[b] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 5 August 1850 |
| Commencement | 5 August 1850[b] |
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Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Vestries Act 1850[a] (13 & 14 Vict. c. 57) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to regulate the local government of parishes in England and Wales.
The vestry of a parish could resolve to request the Poor Law Board (later updated to Local Government Board) to order provision of suitable accommodation within a year of the order so that vestry meetings could take place outside of the parish church.[1] A paid vestry clerk could be appointed using a similar mechanism.
The whole act was repealed except for London by section 307(1)(b) of, and the fourth part of the eleventh schedule to, the Local Government Act 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 22).
The whole act was repealed by the London Government Order 1965, made pursuant to the London Government Act 1963.[2]
