Poor Relief Act 1691
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Long titleAn Act for the better explanation and supplying the defects of the former laws for the settlement of the poor.[b]
Territorial extentEngland and Wales
Royal assent24 February 1692
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| Long title | An Act for the better explanation and supplying the defects of the former laws for the settlement of the poor.[b] |
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| Citation | 3 Will. & Mar. c. 11[c] |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 24 February 1692 |
| Commencement | 22 October 1691[d] |
| Repealed | 1 October 1927 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | Poor Relief Act 1662 |
| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | Poor Law Act 1927 |
| Relates to | |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Poor Relief Act 1691[a] (3 Will. & Mar. c. 11) was an act of the Parliament of England.
Section 1 of the act revived the Poor Relief Act 1662 (14 Cha. 2. c. 12), as amended by the Administration of Intestates' Estate Act 1685 (1 Ja. 2. c. 17), from 1 March 1691.
An attorney's clerk, articled by indenture, was an apprentice within the meaning of section 8 of the act, and, as such, gained a settlement under this act in the parish in which he inhabited while serving under his articles.[1]
