New Parishes Act 1843

XIMinister to be nominated and licensed to District.

And be it enacted, That upon any such District being so constituted, a Minister may and shall be nominated thereto in manner herein-after provided, and may thereupon be licensed thereto by the Bishop, and shall have Power to perform and shall perform within such District all such Pastoral Duties appertaining to the Office of a Minister according to the Rites and Usages of the United Church of England and Ireland as shall be specified and set forth in his, Licence, and, when a Building shall be licensed within such District for Divine Worship in manner herein-after provided, shall also perform such Services and Offices as shall be specified and set forth in the same or any further Licence granted in that Behalf by the Bishop of the Diocese ; and such Minister shall perform such Pastoral Duties, Services, and Offices respectively, independently of the Incumbent or Minister of the Church of any Parish, Chapelry, or District out of which such new District or any Part thereof shall have been taken, and shall, so far as the Performance of the same may be authorized by such Licence or Licences, have the Cure of Souls in and over such new District: Provided always, that no Burials shall be performed in such licensed Building, and that nothing in this Act contained shall empower such Bishop to include in any such Licence the Solemnization of Marriages.