Poor Removal Act 1795
UK Act of Parliament
United Kingdom legislation
Act of Parliament | |
Long title | An act to prevent the removal of poor persons, until they shall become actually chargeable. |
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Citation | 35 Geo. 3. c. 101 |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 22 June 1795 |
Other legislation | |
Amends | Settlement Act 1662 |
The Poor Removal Act 1795[1] (35 Geo. 3. c. 101), sometimes called the Removal Act 1795, was an Act of Parliament which modified the Settlement Act 1662, an Act which concerned when a pauper could receive Poor relief. The effect of the Removal Act was "that no non-settled person could be removed from a parish unless he or she applied for relief."[2]
References
- ^ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
- ^ Boyer, George (7 May 2002). "English Poor Laws". EH.Net Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
Further reading
- Digital Reproduction of the Original Act on the Parliamentary Archives catalogue
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Poor laws of the British Isles
- England and Wales
- Scotland
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
Nantwich workhouse
- Vagabonds and Beggars Act 1494
- Tudor poor laws
- Poor Relief Act 1597
- Poor Relief Act 1601
- Poor Relief Act 1662
- Relief of the Poor Act 1696
- Poor Relief Act 1722
- Relief of the Poor Act 1782
- House of correction
- Overseer of the poor
- Poor rate
- Poor relief
- Buttock mail
- Liberal welfare reforms
- Royal Commission (1905–09)
- Majority Report
- Minority Report
- Interwar poverty
- National Assistance Act 1948