Board of Guardians (Default) Act 1926

The Board of Guardians (Default) Act 1926 was a British Act of Parliament passed on 15 July 1926 which allowed the Minister of Health to reconstitute a Board of Guardians if he considered that the Board of Guardians was not properly performing its functions.[1] The Act allowed for Boards of Guardians to be replaced by government officials.[2]

References

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"Llandeilofawr Workhouse". Archived from the original on 2010-07-04. Retrieved 2009-08-18.

Poor Laws of the British Isles
Poor Laws by territory	England and Wales Scotland Ireland Isle of Man	Nantwich workhouse
Old Poor Law	Vagabonds and Beggars Act 1494 Tudor Poor Laws Act for the Relief of the Poor 1597 Elizabethan Poor Law (1601) Poor Relief Act 1662 Poor Act 1697 Workhouse Test Act 1723 Relief of the Poor Act 1782 House of correction Overseer of the poor Poor rate Poor relief
Relief systems	Indoor relief Outdoor relief Classification of the poor Speenhamland Labour Rate Roundsman Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor
New Poor Law	Royal commission (1832) Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 Poor Law (Scotland) Act 1845 Less eligibility Workhouse Workhouse test Board of guardians Outdoor Labour Test Order Outdoor Relief Prohibitory Order Poor law unions Opposition Book of Murder Scottish poorhouses
Changes after 1834	Poor Law Commission Poor Law Board Local Government Board Andover workhouse scandal Huddersfield workhouse scandal Union Chargeability Act
Decline and abolition	Liberal welfare reforms Royal Commission (1905–09) Majority Report Minority Report Interwar poverty National Assistance Act 1948
Other	Christmas Day in the Workhouse Historiography of the Poor Laws Timeline of the Poor Law system Poor Relief Act List of poor law unions in England List of poor law unions in Wales List of Irish poor law unions

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