Statute Law Repeals - Law Commission - Ministry of Justice

8.92 A workhouse had been built at Humberstone Gate in the parish of St Margaret in
1723, and the select vestry elected under the 1832 Act continued to run it until
1838. That year a new workhouse was built in Sparkenhoe Street by the newlyestablished
Leicester Poor Law Union. The 1832 Act itself became unnecessary
when the system of parish-run poor relief was abolished by the Local
Government Act 1929.
Bosmere and Claydon Poor Relief Act of 1833
8.93 The Bosmere and Claydon Poor Relief Act of 1833 97 was passed to repeal and
replace an existing enactment 98 providing relief for the poor living in the hundred
of Bosmere and Claydon in Suffolk. The 1833 Act established local guardians of
the poor with power to appoint workhouse officials, apprentice poor children, hire
out poor persons to bring in the harvest and levy sufficient rates to cover the
costs of the Act.
8.94 The existing workhouse at Barham was built in 1766. It was taken over by the
Bosmere and Claydon Poor Law Union in 1835 before closing in 1920. 99 The
1833 Act as a whole ceased to serve any useful purpose once the system of
parish-run poor relief was abolished by the Local Government Act 1929.
Manchester Overseers Act 1858
8.95 The purpose of the Manchester Overseers Act 1858 100 was to make new
arrangements for the collection of poor and other rates in and around
Manchester. The 1858 Act appointed overseers of the poor to collect rates from
the townships of Manchester, Ardwick, Chorlton-upon-Medlock and Hulme.
Powers were given to rate unoccupied premises and to appoint clerks and other
officers.
8.96 The 1858 Act has long been unnecessary, dating as it does from an age when
relief for the poor, and the money to pay for this, was organised on a parish
basis. The abolition of parish-run poor relief by the Local Government Act 1929
and the abolition of the poor law system itself by the National Assistance Act
1948 means that the 1858 Act no longer serves any useful purpose and its repeal
is proposed on that basis.
97 3 & 4 Will.4 c.ii.
98 4 Geo.3 c.57 (1764).
99
The building was used to accommodate Italian prisoners of war during the Second World
War before being demolished in 1963.
100 21 & 22 Vict. c.lxii.
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