Editing Test Acts 1673 & 1678 (section)

== Repeals{{anchor|Test Abolition Act 1867}} ==
{{Infobox UK legislation
| short_title           = Test Abolition Act 1867
| type                  = Act
| parliament            = Parliament of the United Kingdom
| long_title            = An Act to abolish a certain Declaration, commonly called the Declaration against Transubstantiation, the Invocation of the Saints, and the Sacrifice of the Mass, as practised in the Church of Rome; and to render it unnecessary to take, make, or subscribe the same as a Qualification for the Exercise or Enjoyment of any Civil Office, Franchise, or Right.
| year                  = 1867
| citation              = [[30 & 31 Vict.]] c. 62
| territorial_extent    = [[United Kingdom]]
| royal_assent          = 25 July 1867
| commencement          = 25 July 1867{{efn|The [[Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793]].}}
| repeal_date           = 16 November 1989
| amends                = 
| replaces              = 
| amendments            = 
| repealing_legislation = [[Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989]] 
| related_legislation   = 
| status                = Repealed
| original_text         = https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=NsJHAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA380
| collapsed             = yes
}}
The necessity of receiving the sacrament as a qualification for office was repealed in Ireland in 1780 (19 & 20 Geo. 3. c. 6 (I))<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=cohRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA373 19 & 20 George III c.6 {{bracket|Ir.}}]</ref><ref name="TM">{{cite book|editor1=Moody, T. W. |editor2=Martin, F. X. |year=1967|title=The Course of Irish History|publisher=Mercier Press|location=Cork|page=373}}</ref> and by the [[Sacramental Test Act 1828]] in England and Wales. Provisions requiring the taking of oaths and declarations against [[transubstantiation]] were repealed by the [[Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829]].<ref name="EB1911"/> Sir [[Robert Peel]] took the lead for the government in the repeal and collaborated with Anglican Church leaders.<ref>Norman Gash, ''Mr Secretary Peel'' (1961) pp: 460–65; Richard A. Gaunt, "Peel's Other Repeal: The Test and Corporation Acts, 1828," ''Parliamentary History'' (2014) 33#1 pp 243–262.</ref> The application of the 1828 and 1829 acts to Irish acts was uncertain and so the '''{{visible anchor|Test Abolition Act 1867}}''' ([[30 & 31 Vict.]] c. 62) repeated the 1829 repeal more explicitly.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=g5kvAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA428 30 & 31 Vict. c. 62]</ref>

The 1661, 1672 and 1678 acts were repealed by the [[Promissory Oaths Act 1871]], the [[Statute Law Revision Act 1863]] and the [[Parliamentary Oaths Act 1866]] respectively.<ref name="EB1911"/> Religious tests for officers of the [[ancient universities]] were repealed by the [[Universities Tests Act 1871]] for England, the [[University of Dublin Tests Act 1873]], and the [[Universities (Scotland) Act 1889]].<ref name="EB1911"/>