Poor Relief - Law Commission

Townships of Great Barlow and Little Barlow Order
5. This Order, dated 2 May 1879, was made pursuant to section 3 of the 1867
Act. It provided for the townships of Great Barlow and Little Barlow to be
consolidated under the name of the Township of Barlow. 184 The Order was to take
effect on 29 September 1879.
Townships of Cheadle Bulkeley and Cheadle Moseley Order
6. This Order, dated 3 May 1879, was made pursuant to section 3 of the 1867
Act. It provided for the townships of Cheadle Bulkeley and Cheadle Moseley to be
consolidated under the name of the Township of Cheadle. 185 The Order was to take
effect on 29 September 1879.
Town of Plymouth Order
7. This Order, dated 5 May 1879, was made pursuant to section 2 of the 1867
Act. It provided for the repeal of part of an Act of 1707 for “erecting a Workhouse in
the Town and Borough of Plymouth … and for setting the Poor on work, and
maintaining them there.” 186 The repeal took effect on 3 July 1879 (when the 1879 Act
came into force). The Order thereupon became spent.
Effect of the repeal
8. The purpose of the 1879 Act was to confirm the validity of the three Orders with
effect from the passing of the Act on 3 July 1879. The 1879 Act thereupon became
spent except to the extent that any of the Orders continued to serve any useful
purpose. The Act is proposed for repeal on that basis, subject to an appropriate
saving provision to preserve the validity of the individual Orders in so far as they
have any continuing utility.
Extent
9. The provisions proposed for repeal had no effect outside the areas of the
Orders (Derbyshire, Greater Manchester and Plymouth).
184
Barlow is near Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
185
At the time Cheadle formed part of the county of Chester. Today Cheadle is in Greater Manchester.
186
6 Ann c.46. This 1707 Act was finally repealed in full by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008, s 1(1),
Sch 1, Pt 7.
176