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Poor Relief
Poor Relief Act 1973 Selected
Provisions
For information purposes, we include several
sections of the Poor Relief Act, 1973 below.
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Section 17.1 Parish Councils to be
managers of the poor in parishes
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Section 20 Duties of Inspector of
the Poor
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Section 28.1 Medical relief,
clothing and education
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Section 29 Persons entitled to
relief.
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Section 30 Destitute persons to be
relieved
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Section 31 Application for parochial
relief on behalf of certain persons.
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Section 32 Starving poor
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Section 33 Proceeding when relief
refused by Parish Council, or amount of relief considered
inadequate.
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Section 35 Duty of Inspector with
respect to the Affiliation and Maintenance Acts.
Section
17.1 Parish Councils to be managers of the poor in parishes
The Parish Council in each parish shall be the
managers of the poor under this Act, and the whole administration of
the law for the relief of the poor shall, subject to the provisions
of this Act, be under the direction and control of such Parish
Council.
Section
20 Duties of Inspector of the Poor
It shall be the duty of the Inspector of the
Poor of each parish in relation to the administration of poor relief
in the parish
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To keep all the books, rolls, accounts and
other documents relating to the management or relief of the poor
in an efficient and proper manner and in accordance with
directions given by the Parish Council and with any rules from
time to time made, or instructions given, by the Board of
Supervision
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to
enquire into and make himself acquainted with the particular
circumstances of each person receiving relief under this Act;
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to
keep a record of all persons who have applied for relief showing
the particulars of each such case;
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to keep a role of all such persons and of
the sums paid to them or on their account;
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to visit, and inspect personally at least
twice in each year at his place of residence, every person
receiving relief under this Act;
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to report to the Parish Council and to the Board of
Supervision all matters connected with the management of the
poor;
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to perform in accordance with directions
received from the Parish Council and in accordance with any
rules from time to time made, or instructions given, by the
Board of Supervision all duties relating to the administration
of poor relief under this Act:
Provided that an Inspector may delegate in
accordance with instructions received from the Parish Council or
from the Board of Supervision, all or any such duties to an
Assistant Inspector of the Poor.
Section
28.1 Medical relief, clothing and education
In every parish it shall be lawful for the
Parish Council, and they or it is hereby required to provide for
sick persons entitled to relief, medicines, medical attendance,
nutritious diet, stimulants, sick-bed attendance, and suitable
lodging and clothing, and to defray the funeral expenses of
destitute persons who may die, all in such manner and to such extent
as may seem equitable and expedient and be within the resources of
the Parish Council in respect of available funds or otherwise, and
to make provision for the education of poor children who are
themselves, or whose parents are, in the receipt of the parochial
relief:
Section
29 Persons entitled to relief
The persons entitled to relief in any parish
are the persons within the parish who are wholly destitute of the
means of subsistence, and are at the same time from mental or
physical causes unable to work and earn the means of subsistence:
Provided always that under exceptional
circumstances of destitution, arising from drought, epidemic disease
or such like causes, the Parish Council of any parish as the case
may be may afford temporary relief to persons who are wholly
destitute, though they may not be unable from mental or physical
causes to earn the means of subsistence; such exceptional
circumstances and relief shall in each case be forthwith reported to
the Board of Supervision by the Parish Council.
link to Disaster Relief
Section
30 Destitute persons to be relieved
In every case in which a person in any parish
shall apply for parochial relief, the Inspector shall be bound to
make enquiry forthwith into the circumstances of the applicant, and
shall, if he appear to the Inspector to be a person legally entitled
to parochial relief, be bound to furnish him with sufficient means
of subsistence until the next meeting of the Parish Council; and
such Inspector shall continue to afford to such person such interim
maintenance as may be necessary until his claim to relief be dealt
with by such Council; and every Inspector to whom application shall
be made by or on behalf of any person for parochial relief shall be
bound to return an answer to such application within twenty-four
hours from the time when it was made.
Provided always that, if the necessary means of
support are afforded to the applicant in the meantime, such
Inspector may delay giving a final answer to such application for
any period which to him may seem necessary for prosecuting his
enquiries:
Provided also that any applicants as aforesaid
shall be bound to give to the Inspector and the Parish Council of
the parish to which he has applied for relief all information and
assistance which it is in his power to give on ever matter regarding
his case which the Inspector or the Council may desire to ascertain,
and shall be bound to answer, upon oath if required, all such
questions as may be put to him before any Justice and in case of
false swearing, shall be liable to be prosecuted for perjury.
And it is hereby declared that it is no answer
to a claim for relief that the claimant has relatives able or bound
by law to support him, and assistance cannot be refused when the
applicant is in such a state of necessity bodily or mentally as
fairly entitles him to relief.
In all such cases, it shall be the duty of the Inspector to
provide the needful sustentation in the first instance, and
afterwards to proceed against those persons who are bound by law to
aliment or assist the relieved.
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