Hospitals for the Poor Act 1597

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Hospitals for the Poor Act 1597 [a]
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of England
Long title An Acte for erecting of Hospitalles or abiding and working Howses for the Poore. [b] [c]
Citation 39 Eliz. 1. c. 5
Territorial extent  England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent 9 February 1598
Commencement 24 October 1597 [d]
Repealed1 January 1961
Other legislation
Amends Continuance, etc. of Laws Act 1592
Amended byHospitals Act 1623
Repealed by Charities Act 1960
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Hospitals Act 1623
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of England
Long title An Act for the reviving and making perpetual of one act made in the nine and thirtieth year of the late Queen Elizabeth, intituled, "An Act for erecting of hospitals, and abiding and working houses for the poor."
Citation 21 Jas. 1. c. 1
Territorial extent  England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent 29 May 1624
Commencement 12 February 1624 [e]
Repealed30 July 1948
Other legislation
AmendsHospitals for the Poor Act 1597
Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1948
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Hospitals for the Poor Act 1597 [a] (39 Eliz. 1. c. 5) was an act of the Parliament of England. It was enacted during the reign of Elizabeth I and remained in force until the 20th century.

Contents

The Disabled Soldiers Act 1592 (35 Eliz. 1. c. 4) had permitted the bequest of lands and buildings to establish "houses of correction or abiding-houses" for the poor or for maimed soldiers, but as it had not been legally possible to establish a hospital without a specific royal grant, that act had had limited effect. As such, the act was enacted, allowing any person wishing to establish a foundation to create it by deed at the High Court of Chancery; such foundations would be permanent. However, a minimum endowment was required, sufficient to produce an income of £10 per annum.

Subsequent developments

The act was initially to apply for twenty years. But it was later revived and made perpetual by the Hospitals Act 1623 (21 Jas. 1. c. 1), and then remained in force until the whole act was repealed by section 39(1) of, and schedule 5 to, the Charities Act 1960 (8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 58)..

Notes

  1. 1 2 The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and the second schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
  2. ↑ These words are printed against this act in the second column of the second schedule to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".
  3. ↑ The title has also been rendered as "An Act for erecting of hospitals or abiding and working houses for the poor" [1] .
  4. ↑ Start of session.
  5. ↑ Start of session.

References

  1. ↑ Prothero, G. W. (1 January 2005). Select Statutes And Other Constitutional Documents Illustrative of the Reigns of Elizabeth And James I. Kessinger Publishing. p. 102. ISBN   978-1-4179-7139-8.
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