Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1882 explained

Short Title:Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1876
Type:Act
Parliament:Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:An Act to provide for the better arrangement of divided Parishes and other local areas, and to make sundry amendments in the Law relating to the Relief of the Poor in England.
Year:1876
Citation:39 & 40 Vict. c. 61
Royal Assent:15 August 1876
Original Text:https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ivMHIdDFi8UC&pg=RA21-PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false
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Short Title:Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1882
Type:Act
Parliament:Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:An Act to amend the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act, 1876; and for other purposes.
Year:1882
Citation:45 & 46 Vict. c. 58
Royal Assent:18 August 1882

The Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 58) was an act of Parliament in Britain which gave the Local Government Board increased powers relating to dissolving and creating poor law unions.[1]

It followed the similar Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 61).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The history of the workhouse by Peter Higginbotham.