Scottish Episcopalians Act 1711

Scottish Episcopalians Act 1711^[a]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long title	An Act to prevent the disturbing those of the Episcopal Communion in Scotland in the Exercise of their Religious Worship and in the Use of the Liturgy of the Church of England and for repealing the Act passed in the Parliament of Scotland intituled Act against irregular Baptisms and Marriages
Citation	10 Ann. c. 10 (Ruffhead c. 7)
Territorial extent	England and Wales Scotland
Dates
Royal assent	3 March 1712
Commencement	7 December 1711[b]
Other legislation
Amended by	Statute Law Revision Act 1867 Promissory Oaths Act 1871 Statute Law Revision Act 1888 Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Scottish Episcopalians Act 1711 (10 Ann. c. 10), also referred to as the Toleration Act 1712,^[1] is an act of the Parliament of Great Britain. Its purpose was "to prevent the disturbing those of the Episcopal Communion in Scotland in the Exercise of their Religious Worship and in the Use of the Liturgy of the Church of England and for repealing the Act passed in the Parliament of Scotland intituled Act against irregular Baptisms and Marriages".^[1]

This Act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010.^[2]

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