The Protestant Dissenters Act (
15 & 16 Vict. c. 36) was an
Act of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom regarding places of worship for
Protestant Dissenters.
It replaced the requirement of the
Toleration Act 1689
The Toleration Act 1688 (1 Will & Mary c 18), also referred to as the Act of Toleration, was an Act of the Parliament of England. Passed in the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution, it received royal assent on 24 May 1689.
The Act allowed for f ...
to register such places of worship with the
Clerk of the Peace or a settlement's
Anglican
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...
bishop or
archdeacon
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with registration with the
Registrar General.
It also gave every
clerk of the peace three months after the Act's passing to make a return of all such places of worship registered under the old system.
[
It consisted of three sections:][
# Outline of the changes brought by the Act
# Set a 2s 6d fee for certification
# Required the Registrar General to create an annual list of the places of worship, which was to be accessible for free at the office of every Superintendent Registrar of Births, Marriages and Deaths in England
]
References
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1852
English Dissenters
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