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Inhabited House Duties Act 1792

As Enacted Cited in Amendments 2 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1792 c. 2
Year1792
Anno Regni GEORGII III. tricesimo secundo. An Act to repeal the Duties on certain inhabited Houses containing less than Seven Windows, or Lights, granted by an Act of the sixth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty.

(32 Geo. 3) C A P. II.

'WHEREAS by an Act, made in the sixth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty, intituled, , it was among other Things enacted, That there should be charged, raised, levied, and paid, upon his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, several Rates and Duties upon Houses therein-after mentioned; that is to say, for every Dwelling-House inhabited, which then was or thereafter should be erected within that Part ofGreat Britain called England, the yearly Sum of three Shillings; and for every Dwelling-house inhabited, which then was or hereafter should be erected within that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, the yearly Sum of one Shilling:' May it please your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consentof the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That, from and after the fifth Day orApril one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, no Dwelling-house inhabited throughout Great Britain , which shall not contain more than six Windows or Lights, shall be charged or chargeable with the said respective Rates and Duties of three Shillings, and one Shilling, but shall be wholly freed, exempted, and discharged therefrom; and that then, and from thenceforth, all the Powers and Authorities given and granted by the said recited Act, or any other Act of Parliament, in relation to the said recited Rates and Duties, shall be no longer used, applied, or put in Execution, with respect to such Dwelling-houses inhabited within Great Britain which shall not contain seven Windows or Lights, but shall in that Respect cease and determine; save and except in all Cases relating to the recovering of any Arrears which may at that Time remain unpaid of the said Rates and Duties, and to the accounting for the same, or to any Penalty or Forfeiture which shall have been...

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