Public Assistance Committee | Collecting Committee

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

Public Assistance Committee | Collecting Committee

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Public Assistance Committee
    • Collecting Committee; 1930-1948

    Other form(s) of name

    • York Poor Law Union
    • Collecting Committee (?mid-19thc - 1930)

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1930-1948

    History

    Under the Local Government Act of 1929 the Public Assistance Committee assumed responsibility for administering the Poor Law, which had previously been the remit of the York Poor Law Union (1837-1930). Some committees, including the Collecting Committee, had a continuous existence and function under both the York Poor Law Union and its successor body the Public Assistance Committee.
    One of the sub-committees of the Public Assistance Committee (1929-1948).

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    Responsible for pursuing cases where relatives of a person receiving relief were liable for the cost of that relief. Where appropriate, orders were made for payment, which could be enforced through the magistrates' court.

    Mandates/sources of authority

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Under the Local Government Act of 1929 the Public Assistance Committee assumed responsibility for administering the Poor Law, which had previously been the remit of the York Poor Law Union (1837-1930). Some committees, including the Collecting Committee, had a continuous existence and function under both the York Poor Law Union and its successor body the Public Assistance Committee.

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    York Poor Law Union | Collecting Committee (?mid-19thc - 1930)

    Identifier of related entity

    GB0192-577

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    York Poor Law Union | Collecting Committee is the predecessor of Public Assistance Committee | Collecting Committee

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Occupations

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    GB0192-578

    Institution identifier

    GB0192

    Rules and/or conventions used

    International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa

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    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

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        Sources

        JBM How York Governs Itself

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