Tithe Act 1839

XII Provisions of 6 & 7 W.4 c.71 ss.43 and 71 for substituting fixed Rent-charge extended to Crown Lands.

And whereas certain Crown Lands, by reason of their being of the Tenure of ancient Demesne or otherwise, are exempted from Payment of Tithes whilst in the Tenure, Occupation, or Manurance of Her Majesty, Her Tenants, Farmers, or Lessees, or their Under tenants, as the Case may be, but become subject to Tithes when aliened or occupied by Subjects not being Tenants, Farmers, or Lessees of the Crown, and Doubts have arisen how far the Provisions of the said first-recited Act relating to Lands heretofore Parcel of the Possessions of any privileged Order, or in the Nature of Glebe, or otherwise in like Manner privileged and partially exempt, are applicable to such Crown Lands; be it declared and enacted, That all and every the said Provisions of the said first-recited Act do extend to such Crown Lands, and that the Provision lastly in this Act contained for substituting a fixed Rent-charge instead of a contingent Rent-charge on Lands partially exempt from Tithes shall extend and be applicable to such Crown Lands as aforesaid: Provided always, that no such fixed Rent-charge shall be substituted instead of such contingent Rent-charge on such Crown Lands without the Consent of the Persons or Officers who are by the said first-recited Act respectively required to be substituted in Cases of Commutation of Tithes where the Ownership of Lands or Tithes is vested in Her Majesty.