Poor Relief Act 1597
United Kingdom legislation
| Act of Parliament | |
 Parliament of England | |
| Long title | An Act for the Relief of the Poor. |
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| Citation | 39 Eliz. 1. c. 3 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 9 February 1598 |
| Commencement | 24 October 1597 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | Poor Relief Act 1601 |
The Act for the Relief of the Poor 1597 was a piece of poor law legislation in England and Wales. It provided the first complete code of poor relief and was later amended by the Poor Relief Act 1601, which formed the basis of poor relief for the next two centuries.
The Act established overseers of the poor.[1]
References
- ^ Key dates in Poor Law and Relief Great Britain 1300–1899
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Poor laws of the British Isles
- England and Wales
- Scotland
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
Nantwich workhouse
- Vagabonds and Beggars Act 1494
- Tudor poor laws
- Poor Relief Act 1597
- Poor Relief Act 1601
- Poor Relief Act 1662
- Relief of the Poor Act 1696
- Poor Relief Act 1722
- Relief of the Poor Act 1782
- House of correction
- Overseer of the poor
- Poor rate
- Poor relief
- Buttock mail
- Liberal welfare reforms
- Royal Commission (1905–09)
- Majority Report
- Minority Report
- Interwar poverty
- National Assistance Act 1948
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