The Poor Removal Act 1795 (35 Geo. 3. c. 101), sometimes called the Removal Act 1795, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which modified the Poor Relief Act 1662 (14 Cha. 2. c. 12), an act which concerned when a pauper could receive poor relief. The effect of the Removal Act was "that no non-settled person could be removed from a parish unless he or she applied for relief." The Act stated that the earlier settlement certificate system "hath been found very ineffectual".
Subsequent developments Section 2 from "Provided that nothing" to end, section 3, except the Proviso, section 4 to "incapacitated to pursue," and section 6 of the act were repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 116), which came into force on 21 August 1871.
The whole act was repealed by section 245(1) of, and the eleventh schedule to, Poor Law Act 1927 (17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. 14), which came into force on 1 October 1927.
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