Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act 1840

XXXII New Archdeaconries and Rural Deaneries may be formed.

And whereas, under the first-recited Act, certain new Archdeaconries therein named may, by the Authority thereby provided, be created, and Districts may be assigned thereto, and the Limits of the existing Archdeaconries and Rural Deaneries may be newly arranged : And whereas it is expedient to extend the Power of creating new Archdeaconries and Rural Deaneries ; be it enacted, That in any Case in which it shall appear, upon the Representation of the Bishop, to be proper to divide any Archdeaconry or Rural Deanery on account of the Magnitude thereof, or any other peculiar Circumstance connected therewith, such Archdeaconry or Rural Deanery may, by the Authority herein-after provided, be divided into Two or more Portions, and each of such Portions may be constituted a separate Archdeaconry or Rural Deanery, as the Case may be, and a District may be assigned thereto ; provided always, that no such Division shall be made without the Consent of the Bishop under his Hand and Seal.