X.—(1) This Act shall extend to every sum on account of tithe rentcharge
which first becomes payable on or after the half-yearly day of payment of
such tithe rentcharge which occurs next after the passing of this Act,
whether such sum accrued before or after that day, and shall not extend
to sums due on account of tithe rentcharge which were in arrear before
the passing of this Act, nor, except so far as relates to the assessment
and recovery of rates, shall it extend to tithe rentcharge issuing out of
the lands of a railway company.
(2) A sum on account of tithe rentcharge shall not be recoverable under
this Act unless proceedings for such recovery have been commenced before
the expiration of two years from the date at which it became payable.
(3) Nothing in this Act shall alter the priority of any tithe rentcharge
in relation to any other charge or incumbrance upon any lands.
(4) Any enactment in the Tithe Acts or in the Extraordinary Tithe
Redemption Act, 1886, directing any expenses, rentcharge, or other sums
to be recovered as tithe rentcharge, shall, as respects any sum becoming
due after the passing of this Act, be construed to refer to the recovery
of tithe rentcharge under this Act, save that the owner of the lands
shall not be entitled to obtain any remission under this Act.
_Repeal._
XI. Section eighty-four of the Tithe Act, 1836, is hereby repealed.
_Extent of Act and short titles._
XII.—(1) This Act shall not extend to Scotland or Ireland.
(2) This Act may be cited as the Tithe Act, 1891.
(3) The Act of the session of the sixth and seventh years of the reign of
King William the Fourth, chapter seventy-one, intituled “An Act for the
Commutation of Tithes in England and Wales,” is in this Act referred to
and may be cited as the Tithe Act, 1836, and that Act and the enactments
amending the same passed before the passing of this Act are in this Act
referred to and may be cited as the Tithe Acts.
(4) The Act of the session of the twenty-third and twenty-fourth years
of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter ninety-three, intituled “An
Act to amend and further extend the Acts for the Commutation of Tithes in
England and Wales,” is in this Act referred to and may be cited as the
Tithe Act, 1860.
(5) The Act of the session of the sixteenth and seventeenth years of the
reign of Her present Majesty, chapter thirty-four, intituled “An Act
for granting to Her Majesty duties on profits arising from property,
professions, trades and offices,” is in this Act referred to and may be
cited as the Income Tax Act, 1853.
SCHEDULE
_Fees under Section 2 of the Tithe Act, 1891._
Where the sum claimed does nor exceed five pounds:
For notice of application to the Court One shilling.
For making the order One shilling and sixpence.
Where the sum claimed exceeds five pounds:
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