New Parishes (Scotland) Act 1844

1844 CHAPTER 44

An Act to facilitate the disjoining or dividing of extensive or populous Parishes, and the erecting of new Parishes, in that Part of the United Kingdom called Scotland.

[19th July 1844]

WHEREAS by certain Acts of the Parliament of Scotland Provision is made for disjoining large Parishes and building and erecting new Churches ; and in particular by an [1707, c. 9.] Act passed in the Parliament of Scotland in the Year One thousand seven hundred and seven, intituled Act anent Plantation of Kirks and Valuation of Teinds, the Lords of Council and Session are empowered, authorized, and appointed to judge, cognosce, and determine in all Affairs and Causes whatsoever which by the Laws and Acts of Parliament of the Kingdom of Scotland were formerly referred to and did pertain and belong to the Jurisdiction and Cognizance of the Commissioners formerly appointed for the Plantation of Kirks and Valuation of Teinds, as fully and freely in all respects as the said Lords do or may do in other civil Causes ; and particularly, inter alia, " to disjoin too large Paroches, to erect and build new Churches, to annex and dismember Churches, as they shall think fit, conform to the Rules laid down and Powers granted by the Nineteenth Act of the Parliament One thousand six hundred and thirty-three, the Twenty-third and Thirtieth Acts of the Parliament One thousand six hundred and ninety, and the Twenty-fourth Act of the Parliament One thousand six hundred and ninety-three, in so far as the same stand unrepealed ; the transporting of Kirks, disjoining of too large Paroches, or erecting and building of new Kirks, being always with the Consent of the Heritors of Three Parts of Four at least of the Valuation of the Paroch whereof the Kirk is craved to be transported, or the Paroch to be disjoined and new Kirks to be erected and built :" And whereas it is expedient to afford Facilities and to make further Provision for the disjoining or dividing of extensive or populous Parishes :

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same,