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Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1882 
Summary
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 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| 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 |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to amend the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act, 1876; and for other purposes. |
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| Citation | 45 & 46 Vict. c. 58 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 18 August 1882 |
It followed the similar Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 61).
References edit
- ^ "The history of the workhouse by Peter Higginbotham".