Religious Worship Act 1718

Religious Worship Act 1718
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act for strengthening the Protestant Interest in these Kingdoms.
Citation5 Geo. 1. c. 4
Territorial extent Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent18 February 1719
Commencement11 November 1718[a]
Repealed21 August 1871
Other legislation
Amends
Repeals/revokesEstablished Church Act 1713
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1871
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Religious Worship Act 1718 (5 Geo. 1. c. 4) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain. It repealed the Established Church Act 1713 (13 Ann. c. 7)[b].[1]

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 116).

Notes

  1. ^ Start of session.
  2. ^ This is the citation in The Statutes of the Realm.

References

  1. ^ Mark A. Thomson, A Constitutional History of England. 1642 to 1801 (London: Methuen, 1938), p. 276, n. 1.