Dissolution of Colleges Act 1547

Dissolution of Colleges Act 1547
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of England
Long titleAn Acte wherby certaine Chauntries Colleges Free Chapelles and the Possessions of the same be given to the Kinges Majestie.
Citation1 Edw. 6. c. 14
Territorial extent England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent24 December 1547
Commencement4 November 1547
Repealed1 January 1961
Other legislation
Amended by
Repealed byCharities Act 1960
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Dissolution of Colleges Act 1547 (1 Edw. 6. c. 14), also known as the Abolition of Chantries Act 1547 or the Chantries Act 1547, was an act of the Parliament of England.

Subsequent developments

Section 23 of the act was repealed by section 1(1) of, and the first schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (14 Geo. 6. c. 6), which came into force on 23 May 1950.

The whole act was repealed by section 39(1) of, and schedule 5 to, the Charities Act 1960 (8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 58), which came into force on 1 January 1961.

Notes

  1. 1 2 The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and the second schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
  2. ↑ These words are printed against this act in the second column of the second schedule to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".
  3. ↑ Start of session.

References

  1. ↑ "Statute Law Revision Act 1950", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo6/14 c. 6
  2. ↑ "Charities Act 1960", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Eliz2/8-9 c. 58

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