Ordination of Ministers Act 1571

Ordination of Ministers Act 1571[1]
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Acte to refourme certayne Dysorders touching Ministers of the Churche.[2]
Citation13 Eliz. 1. c. 12
Dates
Royal assent29 May 1571
Other legislation
Amended by
Repealed byStatute Law (Repeals) Act 1969
Status: Repealed

The Ordination of Ministers Act 1571 (13 Eliz. 1. c. 12) was an Act of the Parliament of England. Its principal provision was to require clergy of the Church of England to subscribe to the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion.

The whole Act, so far as it extended to Northern Ireland, was repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1953.

The whole Act, so far as unrepealed, was repealed by section 1 of, and Part II of the Schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969.

  1. ^ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
  2. ^ These words are printed against this Act in the second column of Schedule 2 to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".