{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/relief-of-the-poor-act-1696/section-IV",
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  "legislation": "aep/Will3/8-9/30",
  "legislation_title": "Relief of the Poor Act 1696",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/relief-of-the-poor-act-1696",
  "path": "section/IV",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "IV",
  "heading": "Single Persons not deemed to have a good Settlement under One Year's Service.",
  "text": "And whereas some Doubts have arisen touching the Settlement of unmarried p[er]sons not having Child or Children lawfully hired into any Parish or Towne for One Yeare Be it therefore enacted & declared by the Authority aforesaid That no such Person so hired as aforesaid shall be adjudged or deemed to have a good Settlement in any such Parish or Townshipp unlesse such Person shall continue and abide in the same Service dureing the space of One whole Yeare.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/8-9/30/section/IV",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:23:10.499850+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}