Poor Relief Act 1691
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The Poor Relief Act 1691 (3 Will. & Mar. c. 11) was an Act of the Parliament of England.
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Act of Parliament | |
Long title | An Act for the better explanation and supplying the defects of the former laws for the settlement of the poor.[2] |
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Citation | 3 Will. & Mar. c. 11[3] |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 24 February 1692 |
Other legislation | |
Repealed by | Poor Law Act 1927 |
Status: Repealed | |
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The whole Act was repealed by section 245(1) of, and Schedule 11 to, the Poor Law Act 1927.
Sections 1 to 4 (which are sections 2 to 5 in Ruffhead's Edition of the Statutes, by Serjeant Runnington, 1786)[4] were repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867.