Church of Scotland (Property and Endowments) Amendment Act 1933

7 Suppression or union of parishes

Notwithstanding anything contained in any Act of Parliament, decree of the Court of Session or Court of Teinds, or deed of constitution or in the titles, deeds or certificates relating to any parish quoad sacra or any parish quoad omnia included in the Eighth Schedule to the principal Act, the General Assembly or any body to which the General Assembly may have delegated the necessary powers may, by Act of Assembly or by resolution of such body, suppress any such parish or alter or extend the bounds of any such parish or unite any such parish with any other parish or parishes, and on the suppression of any such parish quoad sacra or quoad omnia the area or district thereof shall be united to and form part of such other parish or parishes as the General Assembly or such body as aforesaid (as the case may be) may direct; or if no such direction is given, such area or district shall be reunited to and form part of the parish from which it was disjoined on the erection of the parish suppressed, or where such area or district was disjoined from more than one parish then the several parts thereof shall be reunited to and form parts of the parishes from which they were respectively so disjoined :

Provided that—

(i) the consent of the minister of any such parish who was appointed thereto prior to the passing of the principal Act shall be necessary to any suppression of that parish or to any union thereof or of any part thereof with any other parish or parishes, or to any union therewith of any part of the area or district of any other parish; and

(ii) no such parish the stipend whereof is payable out of teinds shall be suppressed or united with any other parish or parishes, nor shall any part of any area or district be united with any such parish, until a teind roll therefor shall have been made up in terms of the provisions of the principal Act and shall have become final.