1834 Poor Law Amendment Act

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:abolished	outdoor relief for able-bodied poor
gptkbp:aimsTo	reduce cost of poor relief encourage self-reliance
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:New_Poor_Law
gptkbp:appliesTo	gptkb:England gptkb:Wales
gptkbp:created	cathedral
gptkbp:criticizedFor	gptkb:social_reform harshness family separation in workhouses
gptkbp:dateEnacted	14 August 1834
gptkbp:didNotApplyTo	gptkb:Ireland gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:enactedBy	gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:established	gptkb:Poor_Law_Commission
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	1834 Poor Law Amendment Act
gptkbp:influenced	Victorian social policy
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Royal_Commission_into_the_Operation_of_the_Poor_Laws_1832
gptkbp:principle	workhouse test less eligibility
gptkbp:reformed	Poor Law system in England and Wales
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Elizabethan_Poor_Law gptkb:Poor_Law_Unions
gptkbp:repealedBy	gptkb:Local_Government_Act_1929
gptkbp:replacedBy	gptkb:Old_Poor_Law
gptkbp:requires	workhouses for the poor
gptkbp:subjectOf	gptkb:historical_event academic research Charles Dickens' 'Oliver Twist'
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Poor_Laws_in_England_and_Wales
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8