Charity Estates (England) Act 1819
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1819 c. 91 |
| Year | 1819 |
(59 Geo. 3) C A P. XCI.
[12th July 1819]
'WHEREAS an Act was passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituledAn Act for appointing Commissioners to enquire concerning Charities in England for the Education of the Poor ; and certain Commissioners were appointed for the Execution of the said Act: And Whereas an Act hath passed in the present Sessionof Parliament, intituledAn Act to amend an Act of the last Session of Parliament for appointing Commissioners to enquire concerning Charities in England, for the Education of the Poor, and to extend the Powers thereof to other Charities in England and Wales, whereby the Numbers and Powers of the Commissioners were extended: AndWhereas it is expedient that additional Facilities should be afforded for Applications to the Courts of Equity regarding the Management of Estates or Funds appropriated to Charitable Purposes;' Be it therefore enacted by The King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, Thatwhenever, upon any Examination or Investigation taken or had by and before the Commissioners appointed or to be appointed under the Authority of the before mentioned Acts, any Case shall arise or happen in which it shall appear to the said Commissioners that the Directions or Orders of a Court of Equity are requisite for the remedying of any Neglect, Breach of Trust, Fraud, Abuse or Misconduct in the Management of any Trust created for any Charitable Purposes as aforesaid, or of the Estates or Funds thereto belonging, or for the regulating the Administration of any such Trust, or of the Estates or Funds thereof, it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners, or any Five or more of them, if they shall think fit, to certify the Particulars of such Case in Writing under their Hands to His Majesty's Attorney General, and thereupon it shall be lawful for His Majesty's Attorney General, if he shall so think fit, either by a summary Application in the Nature of a Petition, or by Information, as the Case may require, to apply to or commence a Suit in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery, or to or in His Majesty's Court of Exchequer fitting as a Court of Equity, stating and setting forth the Neglect, Breach of Trust, Fraud, Abuse or Misconduct, or other Cause of Complaint or Application, and praying such Relief as the Nature of the Case may require; and when such Petition or Suit...
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