{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tithe-act-1918-repealed-19111998/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tithe-act-1918-repealed-19111998/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5/8-9/54",
  "legislation_title": "Tithe Act 1918 (repealed 19.11.1998)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tithe-act-1918-repealed-19111998",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Compulsory redemption of rentcharges exceeding twenty shillings.",
  "text": "A tithe rentcharge, notwithstanding that it exceeds twenty shillings, shall, on the application of the owner of the land charged therewith, and without the consent of the owner of the rentcharge, be directed by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries to be redeemed under and in accordance with the Tithe Acts, 1836 to 1891, as amended by this Act, unless, owing to any exceptional circumstances, the Board otherwise direct.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Reference to twenty shillings to be read as referring to equivalent amount in new currency: Decimal Currency Act 1969 (c. 19, SIF 10), s. 10(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 3 repealed (prosp.) by Corn Rents Act 1963 (c. 14), s. 3(4), Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/8-9/54/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:04:52.731621+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}