Tithe Act 1925 (repealed 19.11.1998)

Part V E+W General

24 Definitions. E+W

(1) In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires,—

• The expression “Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries:

• The expression “tithe rentcharge” means tithe rentcharge issuing out of lands and payable in pursuance of the Tithe Acts, and includes a rentcharge into which before the appointed day, a corn rent has been converted under those Acts and which is subject to the like incidents as such tithe rentcharge as aforesaid; but does not include a rentcharge payable under the Extraordinary Tithe Redemption Act, 1886, nor a rentcharge payable under the Tithe Act, 1860, in respect of the tithes on any gated, or stinted pasture, nor a sum or rate payable for each head of cattle or stock turned on land subject to common rights or held or enjoyed in common:

• The expression “Tithe Acts” does not include the Extraordinary Tithe M1 Redemption Act, 1886, but otherwise means the Tithe Acts, 1836 to 1918:

• The expression “benefice” has the same meaning as in the Tithe M2 Rentcharge (Rates) Act, 1899:

• The expression “ecclesiastical corporation” has the same meaning as in the M3 Episcopal and Capitular Estates Act, 1851:

• The expression “authorized securities” means securities in which Queen Anne’s Bounty are for the time being authorized to invest their corporate funds:

• The expression “costs of collection” includes all costs and expenses incurred by a committee constituted for a collection area in the exercise of any of the powers (whether of collection or management), and of the performance of any of the duties delegated to the committee:

• The expression “total income” in relation to a benefice means the total income arising from the benefice estimated in accordance with the provisions of the Income Tax Acts for the preceding income tax year, but so that where the incumbent of a benefice holds more than one benefice (whether united for ecclesiastical purposes or not so united) it shall mean the sum of the total incomes, estimated as aforesaid, arising from the several benefices.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 14(1)(a), 24(2)(3), 25 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1953 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2 c. 5)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Style and title of Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries now changed to Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by S.I. 1955/554 (1955 I, p. 1200)

Marginal Citations

M1 1886 c. 54.

M2 1899 c. 17.

M3 1851 c. 104.

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Textual Amendments

F2 Ss. 14(1)(a), 24(2)(3), 25 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1953 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2 c. 5)

26 †Short title, construction, extent, commencement and repeals. E+W

(1) This Act may be cited as the Tithe Act, 1925, and shall be construed with the Tithe Acts, 1836 to 1918, and those Acts and this Act may be cited together as the Tithe Acts, 1836 to 1925.

(2) This Act shall extend to England and Wales only.

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Textual Amendments

F3 Ss. 23, 26(3)(4), Sch. 2 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (14 Geo. 6 c. 6)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 A dagger appended to a marginal note means that it is no longer accurate