Mental Treatment Act 1930
United Kingdom legislation
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| Long title | An Act to amend the Lunacy Acts, 1890 to 1922, and such of the provisions of the Mental Deficiency Acts, 1913 to 1927, as relate to the constitution and organisation of the work of the Board of Control, the exercise of the powers of the Board and the protection of persons putting those Acts into operation. |
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| Citation | 20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 23 |
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| Royal assent | 10 July 1930 |
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| Repealed by | Mental Health Act 1959 |
Status: Repealed | |
The Mental Treatment Act 1930 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom permitting voluntary admission to, and outpatient treatment within, psychiatric hospitals.[1][2] It also replaced the term "asylum" with "mental hospital".[2]
It was repealed by the Mental Health Act 1959.
Further reading
- Digital Reproduction of the Original Act on the Parliamentary Archives catalogue
References
- ^ "The history of mental health and community care - key dates". Mind. Archived from the original on 30 August 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
- ^ a b "Mental Health Act Reform". Psychiatric Bulletin. 1999. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
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Mental health law in the United Kingdom
- Madhouses Act 1774
- Criminal Lunatics Act 1800
- County Asylums Act 1808
- Marriage of Lunatics Act 1811
- Madhouses (Scotland) Act 1815
- Criminal Lunatics Amendment Act 1815
- Irish Lunatic Asylums for the Poor Act 1817
- Pauper Lunatics Act 1819
- Lunacy (Ireland) Act 1821
- County Asylums Act 1828
- Madhouses Act 1828
- Chancery Lunatics Property Act 1828
- Madhouses Act 1832
- County Asylums Act 1845
- Lunacy Act 1845
- Lunacy (Scotland) Act 1857
- Idiots Act 1886
- Lunacy (Vacating of Seats) Act 1886
- Mental Deficiency Act 1913
- Mental Deficiency and Lunacy (Scotland) Act 1913
- Mental Treatment Act 1930
- Mental Health Act 1959
- Mental Health Act 1983
- Mental Capacity Act 2005
- Mental Health Act 2007
- Mental Health (Discrimination) Act 2013
- Commissioners in Lunacy
- Commissioners in Lunacy for Scotland
- Board of Control for Lunacy and Mental Deficiency
- Mental Health Review Tribunal (England and Wales)
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