Nonconformist Relief Act 1779

Nonconformist Relief Act 1779
Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long titleAn act for the further relief of protestant dissenting ministers and schoolmasters.
Citation19 Geo. 3. c. 44
Dates
Royal assent18 May 1779
Commencement18 May 1779
Repealed1 January 1970
Other legislation
Amended by
Repealed byStatute Law (Repeals) Act 1969
Status: Repealed
Dissenters (Ireland) Act 1817
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn act to relieve Persons impugning the Doctrine of the Holy Trinity from certain Penalties, in Ireland.
Citation57 Geo. 3. c. 70
Territorial extent Ireland
Dates
Royal assent7 July 1817
Commencement7 July 1817
Repealed5 August 1873
Other legislation
AmendsNonconformist Relief Act 1779
Amended by
Status: Repealed

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 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

  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. ^ Dudley Julius Medley, A Student's Manual of English Constitutional History. Sixth Edition (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1925), p. 650.
  3. ^ Mark A. Thomson, A Constitutional History of England. 1642 to 1801 (London: Methuen, 1938), p. 406.