{{Short description|Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom}} {{Use British English|date=April 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox UK legislation | short_title = Poor Law Act 1927{{efn|Section 246(1).}} | type = Act | parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom | long_title = An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to the Relief of the Poor in England and Wales. | year = 1927 | citation = [[17 & 18 Geo. 5]]. c. 14 | territorial_extent = [[England and Wales]]{{efn|Section 246(3).}} | royal_assent = 29 July 1927 | commencement = 1 October 1927{{efn|Section 246(2).}} | repeal_date = 1 January 1940 | amendments = {{ubli|[[Local Government Act 1929]]|[[Poor Law Act 1930]]|[[Local Government Act 1933]]|[[London Government Act 1939]]}} | amends = See {{section link||Repealed enactments}} | replaces = See {{section link||Repealed enactments}} | related_legislation = | repealing_legislation = [[London Government Act 1939]] | status = Repealed | original_text = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/17-18/14/contents/enacted | use_new_UK-LEG = no }}
The '''Poor Law Act 1927''' ([[17 & 18 Geo. 5]]. c. 14) was an [[Act of Parliament (United Kingdom)|act]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] that consolidated enactments relating to [[English poor law]].
== Provisions == === Short title, commencement and extent === Section 246(1) of the act provided that the act may be cited as the Poor Law Act, 1927.<ref name=":0">{{Cite legislation UK|type=act|year=Geo5/17-18|chapter=14|act=Poor law Act 1927}}</ref>
Section 246(2) of the act provided that the act would come into force on 1 October 1927.<ref name=":0" />
Section 246(3) of the act provided that the act would not extend to [[Scotland]] or [[Northern Ireland]].<ref name=":0" />
=== Repealed enactments === Section 245 of the act repealed 99 enactments, listed in the eleventh schedule to the act.<ref name=":0" /> {| class="wikitable" !Citation !Short title !Description !Extent of repeal |- |[[43 Eliz.]] c. 2 |[[Poor Relief Act 1601]] |The Poor Relief Act, 1601 |Section one, except so far as it relates to the raising of taxes. Sections three, four, six and seventeen. |- |[[14 Car. 2]] c.12 |[[Poor Relief Act 1662]] |The Poor Relief Act, 1662 |The whole act, except sections twenty-one, twenty-two and twenty-four. |- |[[3 Will. & Mar.]] c. 11 |[[Poor Relief Act 1691]] |The Poor Relief Act, 1691 |The whole act. |- |[[8 & 9 Will. 3]]. c. 30 |[[Relief of the Poor Act 1696]] |An Act for supplying some Defects in the Laws for the Relief of the Poor of this Kingdom |The whole act. |- |[[9 Geo. 1]]. c. 7 |[[Poor Relief Act 1722]] |The Poor Relief Act, 1722 |The whole act except section three. |- |[[31 Geo. 2]]. c. 11 |[[Apprentices (Settlement) Act 1767]] |The Apprentices (Settlement) Act, 1767 |The whole act. |- |[[9 Geo. 3]]. c. 37 |[[Poor Relief Act 1769]] |The Poor Relief Act, 1769 |The whole act. |- |[[13 Geo. 3]]. c. 82 |[[Lying-in Hospitals Act 1773]] |The Lying-in Hospitals Act, 1773 |The whole act, except sections three, ten and eleven. |- |[[18 Geo. 3]]. c. 47 |[[Parish Apprentices Act 1778]] |The Parish Apprentices Act, 1778 |The whole act. |- |[[30 Geo. 3]]. c. 49 |[[Workhouses Act 1790]] |The Workhouses Act, 1790 |The whole act. |- |[[32 Geo. 3]]. c. 57 |[[Parish Apprentices Act 1792]] |The Parish Apprentices Act, 1792 |The whole act. |- |[[35 Geo. 3]]. c. 101 |[[Poor Removal Act 1795]] |The Poor Removal Act, 1795 |The whole act. |- |[[36 Geo. 3]]. c. 10 |[[Poor Relief Act 1795]] |The Poor Relief Act, 1795 |The whole act. |- |[[42 Geo. 3]]. c. 46 |[[Parish Apprentices Act 1802]] |The Parish Apprentices Act, 1802 |The whole act. |- |[[49 Geo. 3]]. c. 124 |[[Poor (Settlement and Removal) Act 1809]] |The Poor (Settlement and Removal) Act, 1809 |The whole act. |- |[[50 Geo. 3]]. c. 49 |[[Poor Rate Act 1810]] |The Poor Rate Act, 1810 |The whole act. |- |[[54 Geo. 3]]. c. 170 |[[Poor Relief Act 1814]] |The Poor Relief Act, 1814 |The whole act, except sections eleven and twelve. |- |[[55 Geo. 3]]. c. 137 |[[Poor Relief Act 1815]] |The Poor Relief Act, 1815 |The whole act. |- |[[56 Geo. 3]]. c. 129 |[[Workhouse Act 1816]] |The Workhouse Act, 1816 |The whole act. |- |[[56 Geo. 3]]. c. 139 |[[Parish Apprentices Act 1816]] |The Parish Apprentices Act, 1816 |The whole act. |- |[[59 Geo. 3]]. c. 12 |[[Poor Relief Act 1819]] |The Poor Relief Act, 1819 |Sections eleven to twenty-four, twenty-five and twenty-eight. |- |[[5 Geo. 4]]. c. 83 |[[Vagrancy Act 1824]] |The Vagrancy Act, 1824 |Section twenty. |- |[[6 Geo. 4]]. c. 57 |[[Poor Relief (Settlement) Act 1825]] |The Poor Relief (Settlement) Act, 1825 |The whole act. |- |[[1 Will. 4]]. c. 18 |[[Poor Relief (Settlement) Act 1831]] |The Poor Relief (Settlement) Act, 1831 |The whole act. |- |[[1 & 2 Will. 4]]. c. 42 |[[Poor Relief Act 1831]] |The Poor Relief Act, 1831 |The whole act. |- |[[1 & 2 Will. 4]]. c. 59 |[[Crown Lands Allotments Act 1831]] |The Crown Lands Allotments Act, 1831 |The whole act. |- |[[3 & 4 Will. 4]]. c. 63 |[[Apprentices Act 1833]] |The Apprentices Act, 1833 |The whole act. |- |[[4 & 5 Will. 4]]. c. 76 |[[Poor Law Amendment Act 1834]] |The Poor Law Amendment Act, 1834 |The whole act, except sections forty, eighty-five, eighty-six and one hundred and nine. |- |[[5 & 6 Will. 4]]. c. 69 |[[Union and Parish Property Act 1835]] |The Union and Parish Property Act, 1835 |The 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. 50 |[[Union and Parish Property Act 1837]] |The Union and Parish Property Act, 1837 |The whole act. |- |[[1 & 2 Vict.]] c. 25 |[[Poor Relief (Loans) Act 1838]] |The Poor Relief (Loans) Act, 1838 |The whole act. |- |[[5 & 6 Vict.]] c. 7 |[[Parish Apprentices Act 1842]] |The Parish Apprentices Act, 1842 |The whole act. |- |[[5 & 6 Vict.]] c. 18 |[[Parish Property and Parish Debts Act 1842]] |The Parish Property and Parish Debts Act, 1842 |The whole act, except sections two, three and nine. |- |[[5 & 6 Vict.]] c. 57 |[[Poor Law Amendment Act 1842]] |The Poor Law Amendment Act, 1842 |The whole act, except section eighteen. |- |[[7 & 8 Vict.]] c. 101 |[[Poor Law Amendment Act 1844]] |The Poor Law Amendment Act, 1844 |The 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. 66 |[[Poor Removal Act 1846]] |The Poor Removal Act, 1846 |The whole act. |- |[[10 & 11 Vict.]] c. 109 |[[Poor Law Board Act 184]] |The Poor Law Board Act, 1847 |The whole act. |- |[[11 & 12 Vict.]] c. 31 |[[Poor Law Procedure Act 1848]] |The Poor Law Procedure Act, 1848 |The whole act. |- |[[11 & 12 Vict.]] c. 82 |[[Poor Law (Schools) Act 1848]] |The Poor Law (Schools) Act, 1848 |The whole act. |- |[[11 & 12 Vict.]] c. 91 |[[Poor Law Audit Act 184]] |The Poor Law Audit Act, 1848 |The whole act, except sections one, two, six, eleven and thirteen. |- |[[11 & 12 Vict.]] c. 110 |[[Poor Law Amendment Act 1848]] |The Poor Law Amendment Act, 1848. |The whole act, except sections seven and twelve. |- |[[11 & 12 Vict.]] c. 111 |[[Poor Removal Act 1848]] |The Poor Removal Act, 1848 |The whole act. |- |[[12 & 13 Vict.]] c. 13 |[[Poor Relief Act 1849]] |The Poor Relief Act, 1849 |The whole act. |- |[[12 & 13 Vict.]] c. 103 |[[Poor Law Amendment Act 1849]] |The Poor Law Amendment Act, 1849 |The whole act, except sections three, six, fifteen, twenty-one and twenty-two. |- |[[13 & 14 Vict.]] c. 101 |[[Poor Law Amendment Act 1850]] |The Poor Law Amendment Act, 1850 |The whole act, except sections six, seven, eleven and twelve. |- |[[14 & 15 Vict.]] c. 11 |[[Poor Law (Apprentices) Act 1851]] |The Poor Law (Apprentices) Act, 1851 |The whole act. |- |[[14 & 15 Vict.]] c. 105 |[[Poor Law Amendment Act 1851]] |The Poor Law Amendment Act, 1851 |The whole act, except sections nine, nineteen and twenty. |- |[[18 & 19 Vict.]] c. 79 |[[Poor (Burials) Act 1855]] |The Poor (Burials) Act, 1855 |The whole act. |- |[[22 & 23 Vict.]] c. 49 |[[Poor Law (Payment of Debts) Act 1859]] |The Poor Law (Payment of Debts) Act, 1859 |The whole act. |- |[[24 & 25 Vict.]] c. 55 |[[Poor Removal Act 1861]] |The Poor Removal Act, 1861 |The whole act. |- |[[25 & 26 Vict.]] c. 43 |[[Poor Law (Certified Schools) Act 1862]] |The Poor Law (Certified Schools) Act, 1862 |The whole act. |- |[[27 & 28 Vict.]] c. 105 |[[Poor Removal Act 1864]] |The Poor Removal Act, 1864 |The whole act. |- |[[27 & 28 Vict.]] c. 116 |[[Metropolitan Houseless Poor Act 1864]] |The Metropolitan Houseless Poor Act, 1864 |The whole act. |- |[[28 & 29 Vict.]] c. 34 |[[Metropolitan Houseless Poor Act 1865]] |The Metropolitan Houseless Poor Act, 1865 |The whole act. |- |[[28 & 29 Vict.]] c. 79 |[[Union Chargeability Act 1865]] |The Union Chargeability Act, 1865 |The whole act. |- |[[29 & 30 Vict.]] c. 113 |[[Poor Law Amendment Act 1866]] |The Poor Law Amendment Act, 1866 |The whole act, except sections eleven, twelve, thirteen and eighteen. |- |[[30 & 31 Vict.]] c. 6 |[[Metropolitan Poor Act 1867]] |The Metropolitan Poor Act, 1867 |The whole act, except so much of section twenty-four as relates to the registration of births and deaths. |- |[[30 & 31 Vict.]] c. 106 |[[Poor Law Amendment Act 1867]] |The Poor Law Amendment Act, 1867 |The whole act, except sections seven, eight, ten, eleven, twenty-three and twenty-eight to thirty. |- |[[31 & 32 Vict.]] c. 122 |[[Poor Law Amendment Act 1868]] |The Poor Law Amendment Act, 1868 |The whole act, except sections five, seven, seven to thirty-two, thirty-eight to forty, forty-five and forty-six. |- |[[32 & 33 Vict.]] c. 45 |[[Union Loans Act 1869]] |The Union Loans Act, 1869 |The whole act. |- |[[32 & 33 Vict.]] c. 63 |[[Metropolitan Poor Amendment Act 1869]] |The Metropolitan Poor Amendment Act, 1869 |The whole act, except sections eight, twenty-four and twenty-five. |- |[[33 & 34 Vict.]] c. 2 |[[Dissolved Boards of Management and Guardians Act 1870]] |The Dissolved Boards of Management and Guardians Act, 1870 |The whole act. |- |[[33 & 34 Vict.]] c. 18 |[[Metropolitan Poor Amendment Act 1870]] |The Metropolitan Poor Amendment Act, 1870 |The whole act. |- |[[33 & 34 Vict.]] c. 48 |[[Pauper Conveyance (Expenses) Act 1870]] |The Pauper Conveyance (Expenses) Act, 1870 |The whole act. |- |[[34 & 35 Vict.]] c. 11 |[[Poor Law Loans Act 187]] |The Poor Law Loans Act, 1871 |The whole act. |- |[[34 & 35 Vict.]] c. 15 |[[Metropolitan Poor Act 1871]] |The Metropolitan Poor Act, 1871 |The whole act. |- |[[34 & 35 Vict.]] c. 108 |[[Pauper Inmates Discharge and Regulation Act 1871]] |The Pauper Inmates Discharge and Regulation Act, 1871 |The whole act. |- |[[35 & 36 Vict.]] c. 2 |[[Poor Law Loans Act 187]] |The Poor Law Loans Act, 1872 |The whole act. |- |[[38 & 39 Vict.]] c. 55 |[[Public Health Act 1875]] |The Public Health Act, 1875 |So much of Part III. of the Fifth Schedule as re-enacts [[35 & 36 Vict.]] c. 79. s. 43.{{Efn|[[Public Health Act 1872]]}} |- |[[39 & 40 Vict.]] c. 61 |[[Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1876]] |The Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act, 1876 |The 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. 12 |[[Poor Law Amendment Act 1879]] |The Poor Law Amendment Act, 1879 |The whole act. |- |[[42 & 43 Vict.]] c. 19 |[[Habitual Drunkards Act 1879]] |The Habitual Drunkards Act, 1879 |Section thirty-two. |- |[[42 & 43 Vict.]] c. 54 |[[Poor Law Act 1879]] |The Poor Law Act, 1879 |Sections eight, nine, ten, thirteen and fourteen. |- |[[45 & 46 Vict.]] c. 36 |[[Casual Poor Act 1882]] |The Casual Poor Act, 1882 |The whole act. |- |[[45 & 46 Vict.]] c. 58 |[[Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1882]] |The Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act, 1882 |Sections eight, twelve, thirteen and fourteen. |- |[[45 & 46 Vict.]] c. 75 |[[Married Women's Property Act 1882]] |The Married Women's Property Act, 1882 |Section 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. 11 |[[Poor Law Conferences Act 1883]] |The Poor Law Conferences Act, 1883 |The whole act. |- |[[47 & 48 Vict.]] c. 43 |[[Summary Jurisdiction Act 1884]] |The Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1884 |Section eleven. |- |[[51 & 52 Vict.]] c. 41 |[[Local Government Act 1888]] |The Local Government Act, 1888 |Section fifty-eight. |- |[[52 & 53 Vict.]] c. 56 |[[Poor Law Act 188]] |The Poor Law Act, 1889 |The whole act, except sections eight, nine and ten. |- |[[56 & 57 Vict.]] c. 73 |[[Local Government Act 1894]] |The Local Government Act, 1894 |Section twenty; subsection (3) 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 (1) and (2) of section fifty-nine; sections sixty and sixty-one. |- |[[57 & 58 Vict.]] c. 25 |[[Outdoor Relief Friendly Societies Act 1894]] |The Outdoor Relief Friendly Societies Act, 1894 |The whole act. |- |[[59 & 60 Vict.]] c. 1 |[[Local Government (Elections) Act 1896]] |The Local Government (Elections) Act, 1896 |The whole act so far as it relates to boards of guardians. |- |[[60 & 61 Vict.]] c. 29 |[[Poor Law Act 1897]] |The Poor Law Act, 1897 |The whole act. |- |[[61 & 62 Vict.]] c. 19 |[[Poor Law Unions Association (Expenses) Act 1898]] |The Poor Law Unions Association (Expenses) Act, 1898 |The whole act. |- |[[61 & 62 Vict.]] c. 45 |[[Metropolitan Poor Act 1898]] |The Metropolitan Poor Act, 1898 |The whole act. |- |[[61 & 62 Vict.]] c. 60 |[[Inebriates Act 1898]] |The Inebriates Act, 1898 |Section twenty-two. |- |[[62 & 63 Vict.]] c. 37 |[[Poor Law Act 1899]] |The Poor Law Act, 1899 - |The whole act. |- |[[63 & 64 Vict.]] c. 16 |[[District Councillors and Guardians (Term of Office) Act 1900]] |The District Councillors and Guardians (Term of Office) Act, 1900. |The whole act so far as it relates to boards of guardians. |- |[[3 Edw. 7]]. c. 19 |[[Poor Law (Dissolution of School Districts and Adjustment) Act 1903]] |The Poor Law (Dissolution of School Districts and Adjustment) Act, 1903 |The whole act. |- |[[4 Edw. 7]]. c. 20 |[[Poor Law Authorities (Transfer of Property) Act 1904]] |The Poor Law Authorities (Transfer of Property) Act, 1904 |The whole act. |- |[[4 Edw. 7]]. c. 32 |[[Outdoor Relief Friendly Societies Act 1904]] |The Outdoor Relief Friendly Societies Act, 1904 |The whole act. |- |[[7 Edw. 7]]. c. 14 |[[Released Persons (Poor Law Relief) Act 1907]] |The Released Persons (Poor Law Relief) Act, 1907 |The whole act. |- |[[8 Edw. 7]]. c. 27 |[[Married Women's Property Act 1908]] |The Married Women's Property Act, 1908 |The whole act. |- |[[8 Edw. 7]]. c. 67 |[[Children Act 1908]] |The Children Act, 1908 |Sections thirty-six, thirty-nine and one hundred and twenty-six. |- |[[3 & 4 Geo. 5]]. c. 28 |[[Mental Deficiency Act 1913]] |The Mental Deficiency Act, 1913 |Section sixty-nine. |- |[[12 & 13 Geo. 5]]. c. 51 |[[Allotments Act 1922]] |The Allotments Act, 1922 |Subsection (4) of section twenty-one. |- |[[14 & 15 Geo. 5]]. c. 38 |[[National Health Insurance Act 1924]] |The National Health Insurance Act, 1924. |Subsection (1) of section one hundred and five. |- |[[16 & 17 Geo. 5]]. c. 20 |[[Boards of Guardians (Default) Act 1926]] |The Boards of Guardians (Default) Act, 1926 |The whole act. |}
== Legacy == The whole act was repealed by section 207 of, and the eighth schedule to, the [[London Government Act 1939]] ([[2 & 3 Geo. 6]]. c. 40)
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