Places of Worship Registration Act 1855
1 15 & 16 Vict. c. 36. repealed, but places of worship certified thereunder to have force, etc.
2 Places of worship to be certified to Registrar General.
3 Places of meeting to be recorded.
4 Places of meeting already certified, save those certified under 15 & 16 Vict. c. 36., may be certified to Registrar General, and be recorded by him.
5Fee of 2s. 6d. to be paid with certificate to superintendent registrar.
6 Notice to be given to Registrar General of every place of meeting becoming disused for the purposes for which it was certified.
7 List of certified places to be printed.
8 Direction to the Registrar General to cancel records of certificates of places of worship ceasing to be used as such.
9Certified places exempted from the operation of “The Charitable Trusts Act, 1853.”
10 Nothing to affect churches, etc. of Established Church.
11 Certificate of place having been certified to be given.
12Sums received by or on account of Registrar General to be accounted for, and expenses defrayed as other expenses of the General Register Office.
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14 Extent of Act.
SCHEDULES referred to in the foregoing Act
SCHEDULE A
To the Registrar General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages in England
SCHEDULE B
To the Registrar General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages in England

Places of Worship Registration Act 1855

1855 c.81

An Act to amend the Law concerning the certifying and registering of Places of Religious Worship in England.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I1

Act wholly in force at Royal Assent

Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Short title given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)

C2

Act extended by Sharing of Church Buildings Act 1969(c. 38), s. 6(1)

C3

Power to amend Act conferred by Public Expenditure and Receipts Act 1968(c. 14), s. 5, Sch. 3 para. 2

C4

Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (c. 19)