Poor Relief Act

Poor Relief Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used in the United Kingdom for legislation relating to poor relief.

List

The Poor Relief (Ireland) Acts 1838 to 1892 is the collective title of the following Acts:^[1]

The Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1838 (1 & 2 Vict c 56)
The Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1839 (2 & 3 Vict c 1)
The Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1843 (6 & 7 Vict c 92)
The Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict c 31)
The Poor Relief (Ireland) (No. 2) Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict c 90)
The Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1848 (11 & 12 Vict c 25)
The Guardians (Ireland) Act 1849 (12 & 13 Vict c 4)
The Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1849 (12 & 13 Vict c 104)
The Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict c 68)
The Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1862 (25 & 26 Vict c 83)
The Poor Persons Burial (Ireland) Act 1866 (29 & 30 Vict c 38)
The Poor Law Inspectors (Ireland) Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict c 74)
The Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1869 (32 & 33 Vict c 54)
The Pauper Children (Ireland) Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict c 38)
The Poor Law Rating (Ireland) Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict c 50)
The Poor Afflicted Person Relief (Ireland) Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict c 60)
Sections 1 and 9 of the Poor Law Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict c 56)
The Poor Law Acts (Ireland) Amendment Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict c 30)
The Poor Law (Ireland) Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict c 5)
The Boards of Management of Poor Law District Schools (Ireland) Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict c 41)

United Kingdom legislation

Pre-Parliamentary legislation	List of English statutes Charter of Liberties Magna Carta

Acts of Parliament by states preceding the Kingdom of Great Britain	Acts of the Parliament of England to 1483 1485–1601 1603–1641 Interregnum (1642–1660) 1660–1699 1700–1706 Acts of the Parliament of Scotland

Acts of Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain	1707–1719 1720–1739 1740–1759 1760–1779 1780–1800

Acts of the Parliament of Ireland	to 1700 1701–1800

Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	1801–1819 1820–1839 1840–1859 1860–1879 1880–1899 1900–1919 1920–1939 1940–1959 1960–1979 1980–1999 2000 to date Halsbury's Statutes Legislation.gov.uk Short titles

Church of England measures	List Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919

Legislation of devolved institutions	Acts of the Scottish Parliament List Acts and Measures of the National Assembly for Wales List Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly List Acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland List Orders in Council for Northern Ireland List

Orders-in-Council	Order in Council

Secondary legislation	United Kingdom Statutory Instruments Scottish Statutory Instruments Acts of Sederunt Acts of Adjournal

Poor Laws of the British Isles

Poor Laws by territory	England and Wales Scotland Ireland Isle of Man Channel Islands	Nantwich workhouse

Old Poor Law	Vagabonds and Beggars Act 1494 Tudor Poor Laws Act for the Relief of the Poor 1597 Elizabethan Poor Law (1601) Poor Relief Act 1662 Poor Act 1697 Workhouse Test Act Relief of the Poor Act 1782 House of Correction Overseer of the poor Poor rate Poor relief

Relief systems	Indoor relief Outdoor relief Classification of the poor Speenhamland Labour Rate Roundsman Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor

New Poor Law	Royal commission (1832) Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 Poor Law (Scotland) Act 1845 Less eligibility Workhouse Workhouse test Board of guardians Outdoor Labour Test Order Outdoor Relief Prohibitory Order Poor law unions Opposition Book of Murder Scottish poorhouses

Changes after 1834	Poor Law Commission Poor Law Board Local Government Board Andover workhouse scandal Huddersfield workhouse scandal Union Chargeability Act

Decline and abolition	Liberal welfare reforms Royal Commission (1905–09) Majority Report Minority Report Interwar poverty National Assistance Act 1948

Other	Historiography of the Poor Laws Timeline of the Poor Law system Poor Relief Act List of poor law unions in England List of poor law unions in Wales List of Irish Poor Law Unions

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