Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act 1866

The word “Commissioners” where used in this Act shall mean the F1Church Commissioners F2...

Whereas there is in the palace at Lambeth a library, to which the public have for a long period had access at certain times and under certain restrictions, the cost of the custody and maintenance of which has been heretofore defrayed out of the gross revenues arising from the estates of the see of Canterbury: And whereas such estates have now become transferred to the F6Church Commissioners : the cost of the maintenance of such library, and of the custody of the books therein, may, if the said Commissioners think fit, by the like authority of a scheme passed by the Commissioners and an Order of Her Majesty in Council ratifying the same, be defrayed out of the rents and profits of such estates.

Whereas certain portions of Lambeth Palace, namely, the Lollards Tower and Cardinal Morton’s Tower, are not necessary or useful for the enjoyment by the archbishops of Canterbury of the palace as a place of residence, whilst it is expedient that they should be preserved as monuments of historical and antiquarian interest: the costs of the preservation as aforesaid of such portions of Lambeth Palace shall, by the authority herein-after mentioned, be defrayed out of the rents and profits of the estates of the see of Canterbury in the hands of the Commissioners; and the Archbishop of Canterbury for the time being, his executors, administrators, estate, and effects, shall be discharged from all liability for or in respect of dilapidations on the aforesaid portions of the Lambeth Palace.

Every Order of Her Majesty in Council ratifying any scheme passed by the Commissioners under this Act shall be registered in such diocesan registry or registries as may be for that purpose specified in such Order, and shall be published in the London Gazette, and shall be effectual in law from and after the date of such publication.

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All expenses incurred by the Commissioners in or about the publication in the Gazette of any Orders of Her Majesty in Council, deeds or other instruments, or in or about the publication by the Commissioners of any advertisement whatever, shall be defrayed out of the monies from time to time in the hands of the Commissioners.