Poor Law Act 1927


The Poor Law Act 1927 was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to English poor law.

Provisions

Short title, commencement and extent

Section 246 of the act provided that the act may be cited as the Poor Law Act, 1927.
Section 246 of the act provided that the act would come into force on 1 October 1927.
Section 246 of the act provided that the act would not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.

Repealed enactments

Section 245 of the act repealed 99 enactments, listed in the eleventh schedule to the act.
CitationShort titleDescriptionExtent of repeal
43 Eliz. c. 2Poor Relief Act 1601The Poor Relief Act, 1601Section one, except so far as it relates to the raising of taxes. Sections three, four, six and seventeen.
14 Car. 2 c.12Poor Relief Act 1662The Poor Relief Act, 1662The whole act, except sections twenty-one, twenty-two and twenty-four.
3 Will. & Mar. c. 11Poor Relief Act 1691The Poor Relief Act, 1691The whole act.
8 & 9 Will. 3. c. 30Relief of the Poor Act 1696An Act for supplying some Defects in the Laws for the Relief of the Poor of this KingdomThe whole act.
9 Geo. 1. c. 7Poor Relief Act 1722The Poor Relief Act, 1722The whole act except section three.
31 Geo. 2. c. 11Apprentices (Settlement) Act 1767The Apprentices Act, 1767The whole act.
9 Geo. 3. c. 37Poor Relief Act 1769The Poor Relief Act, 1769The whole act.
13 Geo. 3. c. 82Lying-in Hospitals Act 1773The Lying-in Hospitals Act, 1773The whole act, except sections three, ten and eleven.
18 Geo. 3. c. 47Parish Apprentices Act 1778The Parish Apprentices Act, 1778The whole act.
30 Geo. 3. c. 49Workhouses Act 1790The Workhouses Act, 1790The whole act.
32 Geo. 3. c. 57Parish Apprentices Act 1792The Parish Apprentices Act, 1792The whole act.
35 Geo. 3. c. 101Poor Removal Act 1795The Poor Removal Act, 1795The whole act.
36 Geo. 3. c. 10Poor Relief Act 1795The Poor Relief Act, 1795The whole act.
42 Geo. 3. c. 46Parish Apprentices Act 1802The Parish Apprentices Act, 1802The whole act.
49 Geo. 3. c. 124Poor (Settlement and Removal) Act 1809The Poor Act, 1809The whole act.
50 Geo. 3. c. 49Poor Rate Act 1810The Poor Rate Act, 1810The whole act.
54 Geo. 3. c. 170Poor Relief Act 1814The Poor Relief Act, 1814The whole act, except sections eleven and twelve.
55 Geo. 3. c. 137Poor Relief Act 1815The Poor Relief Act, 1815The whole act.
56 Geo. 3. c. 129Workhouse Act 1816The Workhouse Act, 1816The whole act.
56 Geo. 3. c. 139Parish Apprentices Act 1816The Parish Apprentices Act, 1816The whole act.
59 Geo. 3. c. 12Poor Relief Act 1819The Poor Relief Act, 1819Sections eleven to twenty-four, twenty-five and twenty-eight.
5 Geo. 4. c. 83Vagrancy Act 1824The Vagrancy Act, 1824Section twenty.
6 Geo. 4. c. 57Poor Relief (Settlement) Act 1825The Poor Relief Act, 1825The whole act.
1 Will. 4. c. 18Poor Relief (Settlement) Act 1831The Poor Relief Act, 1831The whole act.
1 & 2 Will. 4. c. 42Poor Relief Act 1831The Poor Relief Act, 1831The whole act.
1 & 2 Will. 4. c. 59Crown Lands Allotments Act 1831The Crown Lands Allotments Act, 1831The whole act.
3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 63Apprentices Act 1833The Apprentices Act, 1833The whole act.
4 & 5 Will. 4. c. 76Poor Law Amendment Act 1834The Poor Law Amendment Act, 1834The whole act, except sections forty, eighty-five, eighty-six and one hundred and nine.
5 & 6 Will. 4. c. 69Union and Parish Property Act 1835The Union and Parish Property Act, 1835The whole act, except section three so far as it relates to the disposal of parish property, and section nine.
7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 50Union and Parish Property Act 1837The Union and Parish Property Act, 1837The whole act.
1 & 2 Vict. c. 25Poor Relief (Loans) Act 1838The Poor Relief Act, 1838The whole act.
5 & 6 Vict. c. 7Parish Apprentices Act 1842The Parish Apprentices Act, 1842The whole act.
5 & 6 Vict. c. 18Parish Property and Parish Debts Act 1842The Parish Property and Parish Debts Act, 1842The whole act, except sections two, three and nine.
5 & 6 Vict. c. 57Poor Law Amendment Act 1842The Poor Law Amendment Act, 1842The whole act, except section eighteen.
7 & 8 Vict. c. 101Poor Law Amendment Act 1844The Poor Law Amendment Act, 1844The whole act, except sections four, five, six, seven, eight, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, twenty-two, sixty, sixty-one, sixty-two, sixty-three, seventy-four and seventy-five, and except section fifty-six so far as it relates to the registration of births and deaths.
9 & 10 Vict. c. 66Poor Removal Act 1846The Poor Removal Act, 1846The whole act.
10 & 11 Vict. c. 109Poor Law Board Act 184The Poor Law Board Act, 1847The whole act.
11 & 12 Vict. c. 31Poor Law Procedure Act 1848The Poor Law Procedure Act, 1848The whole act.
11 & 12 Vict. c. 82Poor Law (Schools) Act 1848The Poor Law Act, 1848The whole act.
11 & 12 Vict. c. 91Poor Law Audit Act 184The Poor Law Audit Act, 1848The whole act, except sections one, two, six, eleven and thirteen.
11 & 12 Vict. c. 110Poor Law Amendment Act 1848The Poor Law Amendment Act, 1848.The whole act, except sections seven and twelve.
11 & 12 Vict. c. 111Poor Removal Act 1848The Poor Removal Act, 1848The whole act.
12 & 13 Vict. c. 13Poor Relief Act 1849The Poor Relief Act, 1849The whole act.
12 & 13 Vict. c. 103Poor Law Amendment Act 1849The Poor Law Amendment Act, 1849The whole act, except sections three, six, fifteen, twenty-one and twenty-two.
13 & 14 Vict. c. 101Poor Law Amendment Act 1850The Poor Law Amendment Act, 1850The whole act, except sections six, seven, eleven and twelve.
14 & 15 Vict. c. 11Poor Law (Apprentices) Act 1851The Poor Law Act, 1851The whole act.
14 & 15 Vict. c. 105Poor Law Amendment Act 1851The Poor Law Amendment Act, 1851The whole act, except sections nine, nineteen and twenty.
18 & 19 Vict. c. 79Poor (Burials) Act 1855The Poor Act, 1855The whole act.
22 & 23 Vict. c. 49Poor Law (Payment of Debts) Act 1859The Poor Law Act, 1859The whole act.
24 & 25 Vict. c. 55Poor Removal Act 1861The Poor Removal Act, 1861The whole act.
25 & 26 Vict. c. 43Poor Law (Certified Schools) Act 1862The Poor Law Act, 1862The whole act.
27 & 28 Vict. c. 105Poor Removal Act 1864The Poor Removal Act, 1864The whole act.
27 & 28 Vict. c. 116Metropolitan Houseless Poor Act 1864The Metropolitan Houseless Poor Act, 1864The whole act.
28 & 29 Vict. c. 34Metropolitan Houseless Poor Act 1865The Metropolitan Houseless Poor Act, 1865The whole act.
28 & 29 Vict. c. 79Union Chargeability Act 1865The Union Chargeability Act, 1865The whole act.
29 & 30 Vict. c. 113Poor Law Amendment Act 1866The Poor Law Amendment Act, 1866The whole act, except sections eleven, twelve, thirteen and eighteen.
30 & 31 Vict. c. 6Metropolitan Poor Act 1867The Metropolitan Poor Act, 1867The whole act, except so much of section twenty-four as relates to the registration of births and deaths.
30 & 31 Vict. c. 106Poor Law Amendment Act 1867The Poor Law Amendment Act, 1867The whole act, except sections seven, eight, ten, eleven, twenty-three and twenty-eight to thirty.
31 & 32 Vict. c. 122Poor Law Amendment Act 1868The Poor Law Amendment Act, 1868The whole act, except sections five, seven, seven to thirty-two, thirty-eight to forty, forty-five and forty-six.
32 & 33 Vict. c. 45Union Loans Act 1869The Union Loans Act, 1869The whole act.
32 & 33 Vict. c. 63Metropolitan Poor Amendment Act 1869The Metropolitan Poor Amendment Act, 1869The whole act, except sections eight, twenty-four and twenty-five.
33 & 34 Vict. c. 2Dissolved Boards of Management and Guardians Act 1870The Dissolved Boards of Management and Guardians Act, 1870The whole act.
33 & 34 Vict. c. 18Metropolitan Poor Amendment Act 1870The Metropolitan Poor Amendment Act, 1870The whole act.
33 & 34 Vict. c. 48Pauper Conveyance (Expenses) Act 1870The Pauper Conveyance Act, 1870The whole act.
34 & 35 Vict. c. 11Poor Law Loans Act 187The Poor Law Loans Act, 1871The whole act.
34 & 35 Vict. c. 15Metropolitan Poor Act 1871The Metropolitan Poor Act, 1871The whole act.
34 & 35 Vict. c. 108Pauper Inmates Discharge and Regulation Act 1871The Pauper Inmates Discharge and Regulation Act, 1871The whole act.
35 & 36 Vict. c. 2Poor Law Loans Act 187The Poor Law Loans Act, 1872The whole act.
38 & 39 Vict. c. 55Public Health Act 1875The Public Health Act, 1875So much of Part III. of the Fifth Schedule as re-enacts 35 & 36 Vict. c. 79. s. 43.
39 & 40 Vict. c. 61Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1876The Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act, 1876The whole act, except sections one to nine, twenty-four, twenty-nine, thirty-one, thirty-seven, thirty-nine, forty-two and forty-five, and except section nineteen from the beginning of the section to the words "to the contrary notwithstanding," and except the first paragraph of section twenty-one and of section twenty-four.
42 & 43 Vict. c. 12Poor Law Amendment Act 1879The Poor Law Amendment Act, 1879The whole act.
42 & 43 Vict. c. 19Habitual Drunkards Act 1879The Habitual Drunkards Act, 1879Section thirty-two.
42 & 43 Vict. c. 54Poor Law Act 1879The Poor Law Act, 1879Sections eight, nine, ten, thirteen and fourteen.
45 & 46 Vict. c. 36Casual Poor Act 1882The Casual Poor Act, 1882The whole act.
45 & 46 Vict. c. 58Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1882The Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act, 1882Sections eight, twelve, thirteen and fourteen.
45 & 46 Vict. c. 75Married Women's Property Act 1882The Married Women's Property Act, 1882Section twenty from the beginning of the section to the words "if she becomes chargeable to any union or parish," and section twenty-one.
46 & 47 Vict. c. 11Poor Law Conferences Act 1883The Poor Law Conferences Act, 1883The whole act.
47 & 48 Vict. c. 43Summary Jurisdiction Act 1884The Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1884Section eleven.
51 & 52 Vict. c. 41Local Government Act 1888The Local Government Act, 1888Section fifty-eight.
52 & 53 Vict. c. 56Poor Law Act 188The Poor Law Act, 1889The whole act, except sections eight, nine and ten.
56 & 57 Vict. c. 73Local Government Act 1894The Local Government Act, 1894Section twenty; subsection of section twenty-five; section thirty; section forty-six so far as it relates to boards of guardians; section forty-eight so far as it relates to the election of boards of guardians and so far as they relate to guardians, subsections and of section fifty-nine; sections sixty and sixty-one.
57 & 58 Vict. c. 25Outdoor Relief Friendly Societies Act 1894The Outdoor Relief Friendly Societies Act, 1894The whole act.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 1Local Government (Elections) Act 1896The Local Government Act, 1896The whole act so far as it relates to boards of guardians.
60 & 61 Vict. c. 29Poor Law Act 1897The Poor Law Act, 1897The whole act.
61 & 62 Vict. c. 19Poor Law Unions Association (Expenses) Act 1898The Poor Law Unions Association Act, 1898The whole act.
61 & 62 Vict. c. 45Metropolitan Poor Act 1898The Metropolitan Poor Act, 1898The whole act.
61 & 62 Vict. c. 60Inebriates Act 1898The Inebriates Act, 1898Section twenty-two.
62 & 63 Vict. c. 37Poor Law Act 1899The Poor Law Act, 1899 -The whole act.
63 & 64 Vict. c. 16District Councillors and Guardians (Term of Office) Act 1900The District Councillors and Guardians Act, 1900.The whole act so far as it relates to boards of guardians.
3 Edw. 7. c. 19Poor Law (Dissolution of School Districts and Adjustment) Act 1903The Poor Law Act, 1903The whole act.
4 Edw. 7. c. 20Poor Law Authorities (Transfer of Property) Act 1904The Poor Law Authorities Act, 1904The whole act.
4 Edw. 7. c. 32Outdoor Relief Friendly Societies Act 1904The Outdoor Relief Friendly Societies Act, 1904The whole act.
7 Edw. 7. c. 14Released Persons (Poor Law Relief) Act 1907The Released Persons Act, 1907The whole act.
8 Edw. 7. c. 27Married Women's Property Act 1908The Married Women's Property Act, 1908The whole act.
8 Edw. 7. c. 67Children Act 1908The Children Act, 1908Sections thirty-six, thirty-nine and one hundred and twenty-six.
3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. 28Mental Deficiency Act 1913The Mental Deficiency Act, 1913Section sixty-nine.
12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 51Allotments Act 1922The Allotments Act, 1922Subsection of section twenty-one.
14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. 38National Health Insurance Act 1924The National Health Insurance Act, 1924.Subsection of section one hundred and five.
16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 20Boards of Guardians (Default) Act 1926The Boards of Guardians Act, 1926The whole act.

Legacy

The whole act was repealed by section 207 of, and the eighth schedule to, the London Government Act 1939