Poor Removal Act 1795

Poor Removal Act 1795 ^[a]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long title	An act to prevent the removal of poor persons, until they shall become actually chargeable.
Citation	35 Geo. 3. c. 101
Territorial extent	Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent	22 June 1795
Commencement	22 June 1795 [b]
Repealed	1 October 1927
Other legislation
Amends	Settlement Act 1662
Amended by	Statute Law Revision Act 1871
Repealed by	Poor Law Act 1927
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Poor Removal Act 1795 ^[a] (35 Geo. 3. c. 101), sometimes called the Removal Act 1795, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which modified the Settlement Act 1662 (14 Cha. 2. c. 12), 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." ^[1]

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 245(1) of, and the eleventh schedule to, Poor Law Act 1927 (17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. 14).

Notes

1. The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Short Titles Act 1896. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
2. Section 1.

References

1. Boyer, George (7 May 2002). "English Poor Laws". EH.Net Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13 November 2016.