Church Building Act 1822

XXXI Appointment of Ecclesiastical Persons to serve new Churches or Chapels, built by Aid from Commissioners, in certain Cases to belong to the Diocesan.

And be it further enacted, That in every case in which the Commissioners shall build, or grant any Sum of Money in Aid of the building of any new Church or Chapel, in any Parish or Place in which the Patronage of or Nomination or Appointment of the Ecclesiastical Person to serve such Church or Chapel shall not belong to His Majesty, or to any Body Politic pr. Corporate or Collegiate, or any Corporation Sole or Aggregate, or to any Trustees, Commissioners, Directors, or other Persons having the Charge, Care, or Management of any public or charitable Institution, or to any Trustees of any Church or Chapel, or to any private Person, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners, by any Instrument Under Seal, declare that such Patronage, Nomination, or Appointment shall, either for ever, or for such Time and in such Manner as the, said Commissioners shall direct, go to or be exercised by the Bishop of tile Diocese within whose jurisdiction as Diocesan such Parish pr Place shall be, or if exempt from such Jurisdiction, then by the Bishop of the Diocese in which such Parish or Place shah be locally situate; any thing contained in any Act or Acts of Parliament, or Law or Laws, or any Usage or Custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.