Tithe Rentcharge (Ireland) Act 1900
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1900 c. 58 |
| Year | 1900 |
Tithe Rentcharge (Ireland) Act, 1900
(63 & 64 Vict.) CHAPTER 58.
An Act to amend the Law relating to Tithe Rentcharge in Ireland.
[8th August 1900]
Be it enacted by the Queen'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, as follows:
1 Amendment of law as to period for payment of instalments of purchase money of tithe rentcharge.
(1)1.—(1.) Where by virtue of an order under section thirty-two of the Irish Church Act, 1869 , or section seven of the Irish Church Act, 1869 , Amendment Act, 1872, any land is charged for fifty-two years with an annual sum calculated at the rate of four pounds nine shillings per cent. on the purchase money any tithe rentcharge, such annual sum shall continue to be paid until forty-five payments thereof from the date at which it commenced have been made and no longer.
(2) (2.) Where by virtue of any like order any land is charged for a less number of years, at an equivalent annual sum so as to discharge the principal and interest of any such purchase money in a less number of year, such annual sum shall continue to be paid until such less number of payments thereof from the date at which it commenced, as will pay off the purchase money on the assumption that the annual sum so charged included interest at the rate of three pounds ten shillings per cent per annum, have been made and no longer.
2 Ascertainment and publication of percentage of variation in judicial rents.
(1)2.—(1.) As soon as possible after the passing of this Act the Land Commission shall ascertain, from the appendices to their reports as presented to Parliament in pursuance of section fifty-five of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881 , by what amount in each county during the period commencing with and including the year covered by the annual report dated the twentieth day of September one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, and ending with that presented last before the passing of this Act, the rents of holdings in respect of which judicial rents have been fixed for a first statutory term, whether by order or by agreement, have, for the entire of such period, been varied by the fixing of such judicial rents, and shall certify the average percentage which such variation represents.
(2) (2.) The Land Commission shall similarly ascertain and certify for each county in respect of every subsequent period of fifteen years the average percentage of variation of judicial rents payable during a second or subsequent statutory term as compared with the judicial rents payable during the last preceding statutory term.
(3) (3.) The Land Commission shall publish their certificates under this section in such manner for giving information to all persons interested, as they think most convenient.
(4) (4.) A copy of every certificate of the Land Commission under this section shall be published in the ‘Dublin Gazette.’
(5) (5.) The production of a printed copy of the ‘Dublin Gazette,’ purporting to be published by the Queen's authority, and containing the publication of any certificate of the Land Commission under this section, or of a sealed copy issued by the Land Commission of any such certificate, shall be evidence of the contents of such certificate, and of the date thereof, and that it has been duly made.
(6) (6.) The Land Commission shall keep a record in their office of all certificates made by them under this section.
3 Variation of tithe rentcharges.
(1)3.—(1.) During the period of fifteen years, dating from the first day of November next after the passing of this Act, the sum payable in respect of every gale accruing due after that date of any tithe rentcharge payable out of hereditaments situate in any county shall be deemed to be varied, from the amount at which it stood on the twenty-second day of August one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, in accordance with the average percentage of variation of rents declared by the certificate of the Land Commission to have taken place with respect to such county by the fixing of judicial rents for a first statutory term, and shall be payable accordingly.
(2) (2.) During each subsequent period of fifteen years the...
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