# Ecclesiastical Leases Act 1800 (repealed 19.11.1998), Section 3: Where the whole of such premises shall hereafter be demised in parts, the aggregate rents reserved shall not be less than the old accustomed rent, and so in proportion where a part shall be retained in possession by the lessor.

Extent: E+W+S

Provided also, that where the whole of any such honours, castles, manors, messuages, lands, tythes, tenements or other hereditaments, accustomably demised by one lease, shall be demised in parts by several leases after the passing of this Act, the aggregate amount of the several rents which shall be reserved by such separate leases be not less than the old accustomed rent or rents theretofore reserved by such entire lease; and that where a part only shall be so demised by any such separate lease, and the residue shall be retained in the possession of the lessor or lessors, the rent or rents to be reserved by such separate lease or leases shall not be less, in proportion to the fine or fines to be received on granting such lease or leases, than the rent or rents accustomed to be reserved for the whole of the said premises was, in proportion to the fine received on granting the last entire lease.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apgb/Geo3/39-40/41/section/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/ecclesiastical-leases-act-1800-repealed-19111998/section-3
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