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Poor Relief Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used in the United Kingdom for legislation relating to poor relief.

List

• The Poor Relief Act 1601
• The Poor Relief Act 1662
• The Poor Relief Act 1691

The Poor Relief (Ireland) Acts 1838 to 1892 is the collective title of the following Acts:

• The Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 56)
• The Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1839 (2 & 3 Vict. c. 1)
• The Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1843 (6 & 7 Vict. c. 92)
• The Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 31)
• The Poor Relief (Ireland) (No. 2) Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 90)
• The Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1848 (11 & 12 Vict. c. 25)
• The Guardians (Ireland) Act 1849 (12 & 13 Vict. c. 4)
• The Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1849 (12 & 13 Vict. c. 104)
• The Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict. c. 68)
• The Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1862 (25 & 26 Vict. c. 83)
• The Poor Persons Burial (Ireland) Act 1866 (29 & 30 Vict. c. 38)
• The Poor Law Inspectors (Ireland) Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 74)
• The Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 54)
• The Pauper Children (Ireland) Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 38)
• The Poor Law Rating (Ireland) Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 50)
• The Poor Afflicted Person Relief (Ireland) Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 60)
• Sections 1 and 9 of the Poor Law Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 56)
• The Poor Law Acts (Ireland) Amendment Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 30)
• The Poor Law (Ireland) Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 5)
• The Boards of Management of Poor Law District Schools (Ireland) Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 41)

See also

• List of short titles

References

1. The Short Titles Act 1896, section 2(1) and Schedule 2

v t e Poor laws of the British Isles
Poor laws by territory	England and Wales Scotland Ireland Isle of Man	Nantwich workhouse
Old Poor Law	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
Relief systems	Outdoor relief Speenhamland Labour Rate Roundsman Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor
New Poor Law	Royal commission (1832) Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 Poor Law (Scotland) Act 1845 Less eligibility Workhouse Workhouse test Board of guardians Outdoor Labour Test Order Outdoor Relief Prohibitory Order Poor law unions Opposition Book of Murder Scottish poorhouse
Changes after 1834	Poor Law Commission Poor Law Board Local Government Board Andover workhouse scandal Huddersfield workhouse scandal Union Chargeability Act
Decline and abolition	Liberal welfare reforms Royal Commission (1905–09) Majority Report Minority Report Interwar poverty National Assistance Act 1948
Other	Christmas Day in the Workhouse Historiography of the Poor Laws Timeline of the English poor law system Poor Relief Act List of poor law unions in England List of poor law unions in Wales List of Irish poor law unions

• Lists of legislation by short title and collective title