Board of Guardians (Default) Act 1926
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The Board of Guardians (Default) Act 1926 was a British Act of Parliament passed on July 15, 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. The Act allowed for Boards of Guardians to be replaced by government officials.
Board of Guardians
Boards of guardians were ad hoc authorities that administered Poor Law in the United Kingdom from 1835 to 1930.-England and Wales:The boards were created by the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834, replacing the parish Overseers of the Poor established under the old poor law, following the recommendations...
if he considered that the Board of Guardians was not properly performing its functions. The Act allowed for Boards of Guardians to be replaced by government officials.