Statute Law Repeals - Law Commission - Ministry of Justice

Local Government Board’s (Poor Law) Provisional Orders Confirmation
(Birmingham etc) Act 1878
8.103 The Local Government Board’s (Poor Law) Provisional Orders Confirmation
(Birmingham etc) Act 1878 110 was passed to confirm six Provisional Orders made
by the Local Government Board pursuant to the Poor Law Amendment Act 1867
and the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1876. 111 One of these
Orders has already been revoked. 112 One order repealed part of an 1831 Act
relating to the poor in Birmingham and became spent when the repeal took
effect. 113 The effect of the remaining Orders, which altered parish boundaries, will
be preserved (so far as they have any continuing utility) by the saving provision in
Schedule 2 to the draft Bill. 114
Local Government Board’s Provisional Orders Confirmation (Poor Law) Act
1879
8.104 The Local Government Board’s Provisional Orders Confirmation (Poor Law) Act
1879 115 was passed to confirm three Orders made by the Local Government
Board pursuant to the Poor Law Amendment Act 1867, to change the system of
providing relief for the poor in Derbyshire, Manchester and Plymouth. One Order
repealed part of a 1707 Act and became spent when the repeal took effect. 116
The effect of the other Orders, which consolidated townships, will be preserved
(so far as they have any continuing utility) by the saving provision in Schedule 2
to the draft Bill. 117
110 41 & 42 Vict. c.civ.
111 The Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c.61) was passed
to deal with problems that had arisen through individual parishes in England being
geographically divided.
112 The Townships of Old Accrington and New Accrington Order was revoked by the County of
Lancashire Act 1984 (c.xxi), s 146(2)(b), Sch 8, Part 1.
113 The Parish of Birmingham Order repealed part of the Act 39 & 40 Vict. c.61.
114 Sch 2, paragraph 2. These Orders are the Parish of Boldre Order, the Parishes of Keysoe
and Pertenhall Order, the Parishes of Bolnhurst and Pertenhall Order, the Parishes of
Minster and Saint Lawrence Order and the Parishes of Little Staughton and Pertenhall
Order.
115 42 & 43 Vict. c.cvi.
116 The Town of Plymouth Order repealed part of the Act 6 Ann. c.46.
117 Sch 2, paragraph 2. These Orders are the Townships of Great Barlow and Little Barlow
Order and the Townships of Cheadle Bulkeley and Cheadle Moseley Order.
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