Union of Parishes Act, 1827

Assent of the King, being Patron, may be signified by the Lord Lieutenant.

XIV. Provided always, and be it enacted, That where the Assent of the King’s Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, is to be given to the making any Unions or Divisions of Parishes or Parts of Parishes, or of Appropriate Parishes or of Parts of such Parishes, or for establishing Perpetual Curacies and Chapels of Ease within Districts to be respectively formed from contiguous Portions of Two or more adjoining Parishes by virtue of this Act, the Consent of the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the Time being, under his and their Hands and Seals, to such Unions and Divisions, or Establishment of Perpetual Curacies and Chapels of Ease, shall to all Intents and Purposes be as good and valid in Law as if the Consent of His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, was thereunto signified by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Ireland; provided always, that such Consent of the Lord Lieutenant, or other Chief Governor or Governors as aforesaid, be enrolled in the Rolls Office of the High Court of Chancery of Ireland within Six Calendar Months after the Date thereof; for the Enrolment whereof Three Shillings and Four Pence and no more shall be paid, over and above the Expences usually paid to the Ingrossing Clerk for the same.