Tithe Act 1860

I Corn Rents under Local Acts may be converted into Tithe Rentcharge.

Where Corn Rents are payable by virtue of any Local Act of Parliament, in commutation of the whole or Part of the Tithes of any Parish, and such Corn Rents shall be subject to Variation at certain Periods under the Provisions of the same Act, the Commissioners, upon the Application in Writing of the Owners of Lands liable to the Payment of the major Part in Value of such Corn Rents, or of the Persons to whom a major Part in Value of such Rents are payable, at any Time at which the said Corn Rents might be subjected to Variation under such Local Act, or at any other Time, upon the joint Application in Writing of the Owners of Lands liable to the Payment of the major Part in Value of such Corn Rents, and of the Persons to whom a major Part in Value of such Rents are payable, may by an Award under their Hands and Seal convert the same into a Rentcharge, to be thenceforth and for ever thereafter payable, in like Manner and subject to the like Incidents as Rentcharges awarded under the said recited Acts are payable and subject to: Provided always, that nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to render any such Rentcharge liable to Parochial or other Rates or Taxes from which the Corn Rents in respect of which such Rentcharge shall have been awarded were free and exempt.