The Ecclesiastical Leases Act 1572 (14 Eliz. 1. c. 11) was an act of the Parliament of England.
Section 1 of the act repealed section 5 of the Continuance of Laws Act 1571 (13 Eliz. 1. c. 25), which had provided that the Importation Act 1562 (5 Eliz. 1. c. 7) would not affect intercourse under treaties signed by the Queen.
Section 2 of the act repealed the words "so soone as it or any part thereof shall come to any Possession or Use above forbydden, or" in the Benefices Act 1571 (13 Eliz. 1. c. 20).
Section 3 of the act provided that all future bonds, contracts, promises, and covenants enabling persons to enjoy ecclesiastical promotions or their profits would be legally treated as leases with the same force and validity as if they were formal leases of such benefices.
Section 4 of the act declared that any leases, bonds, promises, and covenants concerning benefices and ecclesiastical livings with cure made by curates would have no greater force, validity, or continuance than if they had been made by the beneficed person himself.
Section 5 of the act provided that section 2 of the Ecclesiastical Leases Act 1571 (13 Eliz. 1. c. 10) would not extend to houses in cities or towns corporate.
Section 6 of the act provided that all money recovered for dilapidations must be used within two years for buildings and repairs related to those dilapidations, with a penalty of double the amount forfeited to the Queen for non-compliance.
Section 7 of the act provided that no lease shall be made in reversion, without reserving customary yearly rent, without charging the lessee with repairs, for longer than forty years, nor shall houses be alienated without providing equivalent land of equal value to the colleges, houses, or corporate bodies involved.
Section 8 of the act continued 13 enactments until the end of the next session of parliament.
The act was continued until the end of the next session of parliament by the Continuance, etc. of Laws Act 1584 (27 Eliz. 1. c. 11), the Continuance, etc. of Laws Act 1586 (29 Eliz. 1. c. 5), the Continuance, etc. of Laws Act 1588 (31 Eliz. 1. c. 10), the Continuance, etc. of Laws Act 1592 (35 Eliz. 1. c. 7) and the Continuance, etc. of Laws Act 1623 (21 Jas. 1. c. 28).
Sections one to four, and section eight, of the act were repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 125).
The words "masters or guardians of any hospital" and the words "and hospitals" were repealed (by virtue of section 48(2)) under schedule 7 to the Charities Act 1960 (8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 58)).
The whole act was repealed by section 1(1) of, and group 1 of part II of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 (c. 43).