Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 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]

Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1876
Act of 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.
Citation	39 & 40 Vict. c. 61
Dates
Royal assent	15 August 1876
Repealed	1 January 1940 (partial)
Other legislation
Repealed by	London Government Act 1939 (sections 1–9)
Status: Partially repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1882

Act of 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.
Citation	45 & 46 Vict. c. 58
Dates
Royal assent	18 August 1882
Other legislation
Amended by	Statute Law Revision Act 1883

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

References

1. "The history of the workhouse by Peter Higginbotham".