Tithe Act 1936

30 Corn rents, and c.

(1) As from the appointed day the provisions of the Tithe Acts which relate to the redemption of tithe rentcharge, or to the alteration of apportionments, shall apply to corn rents, rentcharges and money payments which are liable to redemption under the Tithe Acts, subject to the following modifications, that is to say:—

(a) the powers conferred on the Minister by the said provisions shall be exercised by the Commission until all matters with respect to which they have jurisdiction otherwise than under this section have been settled;

(b) for the references in section four of the [8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. 54.] Tithe Act, 1918, to the First Schedule to that Act there shall be substituted references to the Sixth Schedule to this Act;

(c) in default of agreement for the discharge of the consideration money by an annuity, the Commission or the Minister, as the case may be, may, if the consideration money exceeds thirty pounds, on the application of the owner within the meaning of the Tithe Acts of the land, direct that it shall be so discharged;

(d) for the references in section four of the Tithe Act, 1918, to interest at the respective rates therein mentioned, there shall be substituted references to interest at such rate as may be determined by an agreement made under the said section or, in default of agreement, by the Commission or the Minister, as the case may be, with the approval of the Treasury.

(2) The Minister may lay before both Houses of Parliament an order prepared by him or by the Commission containing such provisions as he or they in his or their discretion think expedient with a view to the extinguishment of such corn rents, rentcharges or money payments as aforesaid generally or of any of them, and if a resolution approving the order is passed by each House, the order shall have effect from such day as the Minister or the Commission, as the case may be, may appoint.