Act of Uniformity Amendment Act 1872

The Act of Uniformity Amendment Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 35), sometimes called the Shortened Services Act, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that amended some of the provisions of the English Act of Uniformity 1662 (14 Cha. 2. c. 4).

Act of Uniformity Amendment Act 1872^[a]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for the Amendment of the Act of Uniformity.
Citation	35 & 36 Vict. c. 35
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	18 July 1872
Commencement	18 July 1872[b]
Repealed	12 December 1974
Other legislation
Amends	Act of Uniformity 1662
Repealed by	Church of England (Worship and Doctrine) Measure 1974 (No. 3)
Relates to	1 September 1975[1]
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

It allowed certain modifications^[2]

• a shortened form of Morning and Evening Prayer on week days
• on special occasions approved by the Ordinary special forms of service, provided that they contain nothing, except anthems or hymns, which did not form part of the Holy Scriptures or the 1662 Book of Common Prayer
• additional forms of service on Sundays and Holy-days in addition to the regular services, approved by the Ordinary
• the use of Morning Prayer, the Litany, and the Communion Service as separate services and in varying order
• sermons or lectures without the common prayers or services appointed by the Prayer Book

Subsequent development

The whole act was repealed by section 6(3) of, and schedule 2 to, the Church of England (Worship and Doctrine) Measure 1974 (1974, No. 3).

See also

• Prayer Book (Tables of Lessons) Act 1871
• Burial Laws Amendment Act 1880

Notes

1. Section 9.
2. The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.