Short Title: | Poor Removal Act 1795 |
Type: | Act |
Parliament: | Parliament of Great Britain |
Long Title: | An act to prevent the removal of poor persons, until they shall become actually chargeable. |
Year: | 1795 |
Citation: | 35 Geo. 3. c. 101 |
Royal Assent: | 22 June 1795 |
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]