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TITHE RENTCHARGE (IRELAND) ACT 1900

TITHE RENTCHARGE (IRELAND) ACT 1900 - LONG TITLE

An Act to amend the Law relating to Tithe Rentcharge in Ireland.{1}
[8th August 1900]
Amendment of law as to period for payment of instalments of
purchase money of tithe rentcharge.

TITHE RENTCHARGE (IRELAND) ACT 1900 - SECT 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 of 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) 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 years, 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.

Ss.2, 3 rep. by SLR (NI) 1954. S.4 rep. by 1930 c.22 (20 & 21
Geo.5) (NI) s.2(1). Ss.5, 6 rep. by SLR (NI) 1954

TITHE RENTCHARGE (IRELAND) ACT 1900 - SECT 7
Liability of owner to pay proportion of tithe rentcharge.

7.(1) Where the hereditaments out of which any tithe rentcharge is
payable are separately owned by several persons liable to pay the
tithe rentcharge, any of such owners shall be liable only to pay
such proportion of the whole tithe rentcharge as the rateable value
of the hereditaments separately owned by him or them bears to the
rateable value of the whole of the hereditaments out of which such
tithe rentcharge is payable.

(2) The proportionate part of a tithe rentcharge payable by any
person in pursuance of the foregoing enactment, shall be recoverable
from that person by the same remedies and in the same manner as
if he were solely liable for the whole tithe rentcharge.

TITHE RENTCHARGE (IRELAND) ACT 1900 - SECT 8
Exclusion of certain annuities.

8.(1) Section one of this Act shall not apply to any annual sum
charged upon land where the estate or interest therein of the
person liable to pay such annual sum has, after the creation of
such charge and before the thirteenth day of April one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-six, been conveyed to a purchaser on a
sale.

Subs.(2) rep. by SLR (NI) 1954

(3) Where the estate or interest conveyed was less than the fee
simple this section shall not apply after the determination of such
less estate or interest.

(4) For the purpose of showing that this section does not apply a
statutory declaration, or such other evidence as the Land Commission
may require, shall be furnished to that Commission, and be prima
facie evidence.

(5) The expression "sale" in this section does not include a
mortgage, or a marriage or other family settlement or arrangement,
or a sale in any court to the owner of the land sold.

S.9 rep. by SLR (NI) 1954

TITHE RENTCHARGE (IRELAND) ACT 1900 - SECT 10
Definitions.

10. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,

The expression "the Land Commission" means the Irish Land Commission;
and

The expression "tithe rentcharge" means a rentcharge in lieu of
tithes, whether payable to the Land Commission or to any lay
impropriator or other person.

TITHE RENTCHARGE (IRELAND) ACT 1900 - SECT 11
Short title and extent of Act.

11. This Act may be cited as the Tithe Rentcharge (Ireland) Act,
1900, and shall extend to Ireland only.

S.12 and Schedule rep. by SLR 1908