Poor Law Amendment Act 1866
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1866 c. 113 |
| Year | 1866 |
Poor Law Amendment Act, 1866
(29 & 30 Vict.) C A P. CXIII.
An Act to amend the Act providing Superannuation Allowances to Officers of Unions and Parishes, and to make other Amendments in the Laws relating to the Relief of the Poor.
[10th August 1866]
W HEREAS it is expedient that the Act providing Superannuation Allowances to Officers of Unions and Parishes should be amended, and that certain other Amendments should be made in the Laws regulating the Relief of the Poor inEngland : Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows:
1 Registrars of Births and Deaths deemed Officers under 27 & 28 Vict. c. 42., and may be superannuated.
1. The Superintendent Registrar and the Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed in any Union or Parish shall be deemed an Officer within the Operation of the Statute Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighthVictoria , Chapter Forty-two, and in computing the Salary of any Officer under that or the present Statute the Amount of the Emoluments of his Office on the Average of the Three Years concluded at the last preceding Quarter may be taken into the Calculation by the Guardians, Managers, or Overseers.
2 Provision for Relieving Officers who have also been Registrars.
2. Where any Relieving Officer of any Union or Parish shall have also held the Office of Registrar of Births and Deaths in the same Union or Parish, he shall not be disqualified from receiving a Superannuation Allowance in respect of such Office of Relieving Officer by reason of his having simultaneously held the Office of Registrar, and by reason of his having resigned his office of Relieving Officer subsequent to the passing of the last-mentioned Act.
3 Managers of District Schools empowered to grant Superannuation Allowances.
3. The Board of Management of any District School may exercise the same Power in respect of any Officer of such School in their Service as the Guardians of any Union can do under such last-mentioned Statute with like Consent as therein provided, and shall charge any Allowance to be made by them to the Fund chargeable with the Payment of the Salaries of their Officers.
4 Evidence of Consent of Poor Law Board.
4. In any Case where the Poor Law Commissioners or the Poor Law Board shall have given or refused, or shall hereafter give or refuse, their Consent, Sanction, or Approval in any Matter where their Order under Seal shall not have been or shall not be expressly required, the Production of any written Document signed or purporting to be signed by a Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the said Commissioners or the said Board shall beprim facie Evidence of the Decision of the said Commissioners or the said Board upon such Matter as aforesaid.
5 Remission of Surcharges and Disallowances need not be made by Order under Seal.
5. So much of the Fourth Section of the Statute of the Eleventh and Twelfth Years of the Reign of Her Majesty, Chapter Ninety-one, as requires the Poor Law Board to issue an Order under their Seal in Cases where they direct any Surcharge or Disallowance made by an Auditor to be remitted, shall be repealed; and such Direction, if given in Writing under the Hand of the President of the said Board, and countersigned by a Secretary or Assistant Secretary, shall have the same Effect as if such Direction were given by such an Order as aforesaid.
6 Effect of an Extraordinary Audit.
6. When the Poor Law Board shall require an Auditor to hold an Extraordinary Audit of the Accounts of any Guardians or Overseers, or of any Officer, whether still continuing or upon his Resignation or Removal from Office, such Audit shall be deemed to be an Audit within the Meaning of the several Acts relating to the Audit of the Accounts of the Poor Rate, and may be held after Three Days Notice thereof given in the usual Manner.
7 Auditor empowered to inspect Books at any Time.
7. The Auditor who shall be authorized to audit the Accounts of any Guardians, Overseers, or Officers may at any Time, when authorized or required by the Poor Law Board so to do, inspect the...
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