Settlement Act 1662

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Poor Relief Act 1662
gptkbp:citation 14 Cha. 2 c. 12
gptkbp:country gptkb:England
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1662
gptkbp:effect defined legal settlement for poor relief
allowed parishes to remove newcomers likely to become chargeable
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Settlement Act 1662
gptkbp:longTitle An Act for the better Relief of the Poor of this Kingdom
gptkbp:purpose regulate the settlement and removal of the poor
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Poor_Law_Amendment_Act_1834
gptkb:Elizabethan_Poor_Law
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Statute_Law_Revision_Act_1863
yes
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Poor_Law
Settlement law
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Old_Poor_Law
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6