Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1882
{{Short description|Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom}}
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{{Infobox UK legislation
| short_title = Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1876{{efn|Section 45.}}
| type = Act
| 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.
| year = 1876
| citation = 39 & 40 Vict. c. 61
| introduced_commons =
| introduced_lords =
| territorial_extent = United Kingdom
| royal_assent = 15 August 1876
| commencement = 15 August 1876{{efn|The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.}}
| repeal_date = 1 April 1960
| amends =
| replaces =
| amendments = {{ubli|Municipal Corporations Act 1882|Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1882|Poor Law Act 1927}}
| repealing_legislation = Distress for Rates Act 1960
| related_legislation =
| status = Repealed
| original_text = https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ivMHIdDFi8UC&pg=RA21-PA23
| collapsed = yes
}}
{{Infobox UK legislation
| short_title = Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1882{{efn|Section 1.}}
| type = Act
| 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.
| year = 1882
| citation = 45 & 46 Vict. c. 58
| introduced_commons =
| introduced_lords =
| territorial_extent = United Kingdom
| royal_assent = 18 August 1882
| commencement = 18 August 1882{{efn|The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.}}
| repeal_date = 1 June 1934
| amends = Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1876
| replaces =
| amendments = {{ubli|Statute Law Revision Act 1883|Poor Law Act 1927}}
| repealing_legislation = Local Government Act 1933
| related_legislation =
| status = Repealed
| original_text = https://archive.org/details/lrpgsv181882/page/n368
}}
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.{{cite web| url = http://www.workhouses.org.uk/| title = The history of the workhouse by Peter Higginbotham}}
It followed the similar {{visible anchor|Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1876}} (39 & 40 Vict. c. 61).
Legacy
The whole of the 1876 act, except 1 to 9, 24, 29, 31, 37, 39, 42 and 45, and except section 19 from the beginning of the section to the words "to the contrary notwithstanding," and except the first paragraph of section 21 and of section 24, was repealed by section 245(1) of, and the eleventh schedule to, Poor Law Act 1927 (17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. 14).
Sections 8, 12, 13 and 14 of the 1882 act were repealed by section 245(1) of, and the eleventh schedule to, Poor Law Act 1927 (17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. 14).
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