United Kingdom legislation
| Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1876 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
 Parliament of the United Kingdom | |
| Long title | An Act to provide for the better arrangement of divided Parishes and other local areas, and to make sundry amendments in the Law relating to the Relief of the Poor in England. |
| Citation | 39 & 40 Vict. c. 61 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 15 August 1876 |
| Repealed | 1 January 1940 (partial) |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | Municipal Corporations Act 1882 |
| Repealed by | Distress for Rates Act 1960 |
| Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Act of Parliament | |
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | |
| Long title | An Act to amend the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act, 1876; and for other purposes. |
|---|---|
| Citation | 45 & 46 Vict. c. 58 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 18 August 1882 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | Statute Law Revision Act 1883 |
The Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 58) was an act of Parliament in Britain which gave the Local Government Board increased powers relating to dissolving and creating poor law unions.
It followed the similar Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 61).
References
| Poor laws of the British Isles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Poor laws by territory |  Nantwich workhouse | |
| Old Poor Law | ||
| Relief systems | ||
| New Poor Law | ||
| Changes after 1834 | ||
| Decline and abolition | ||
| Other | ||