Medical Relief Disqualification Removal Act 1885
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to prevent Medical Relief disqualifying a person from voting. |
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| Citation | 48 & 49 Vict. c. 46 |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom[b] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 6 August 1885 |
| Commencement | 15 July 1884[c] |
| Repealed | 6 February 1918 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Representation of the People Act 1918 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Medical Relief Disqualification Removal Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 46) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It became law on 6 August 1885.
The act provided that any person who had received medical or surgical treatment, for themselves or their family, paid for under the poor laws, was no longer disqualified from voting in parliamentary or municipal elections. The disqualification remained, however, with regards to voting for a Guardian of the Poor, a member of a parochial board, or any other body which governed poor relief.[1]
The removal of the disqualification was to be considered as having been effective from 15 July 1884.[1]
As to the meaning of "medical relief", see Kirkhouse v Blakeway.[2]
The whole Act, so far as unrepealed, was repealed by section 47(1) of, and the Eighth Schedule to, the Representation of the People Act 1918.[3]
