New Parishes Act 1843

XV District to become a new Parish upon a Church being consecrated.

And be it enacted, That when any Church or Chapel shall be built, purchased, or acquired in any District constituted as aforesaid, and shall have been approved by the said Commissioners, by an Instrument in Writing under their Common Seal, and consecrated as the Church or Chapel of such District, for the Use and Service of the Minister and Inhabitants thereof, such District shall, from and after the Consecration of such Church or Chapel, be and be deemed to be a new Parish for Ecclesiastical Purposes, and shall be known as such by the Name of " " instead of " " according to the Name so as aforesaid fixed for such District; and such Church or Chapel shall become and be the Church of such new Parish accordingly, and any Licence granted by the Bishop, licensing any Building for Divine Worship as aforesaid, shall thereupon become void ; and it shall be lawful to publish Banns of Matrimony in such Church, and according to the Laws and Canons in force in this Realm to solemnize therein Marriages, Baptisms, Churchings, and Burials, and to require and receive such Fees upon the Solemnization of such Offices or any of them as shall be fixed by the Chancellor of the Diocese in which such new Parish shall be situate, and which Fees, and also the Fees for Churchings to be received as aforesaid by the Minister of such District, such Chancellor is hereby empowered and required to fix accordingly; and the like Easter Offerings and Dues may be received within the Limits of such new Parish by the Perpetual Curate thereof as are and were, at and before the Time of the passing of this Act, payable to the Incumbent of the Church of the principal Parish of which such new Parish originally formed a Part; and the several Laws, Statutes, and Customs in force relating to the Publication of Banns of Matrimony, and to the Performance of Marriages, Baptisms, Churchings, and Burials, and the registering thereof respectively, and to the suing for and recovering of Fees, Oblations, or Offerings in respect thereof, shall apply to the Church of such new Parish, and to the Perpetual Curate thereof for the Time being: Provided always, that it shall not be lawful for any such Minister or Perpetual Curate to receive any Fee for the Performance of any Baptism, within his District or new Parish as the Case may be, or for the Registration thereof.