Lunacy Act 1890

The Lunacy Act 1890 (53 Vict. ch. 5) formed the basis of mental health law in England and Wales from 1890 until 1959.^[1] It placed an obligation on local authorities to maintain institutions for the mentally ill.^[2]

References

↑ Roberts, Andrew. "Main Provisions of the 1890 Lunacy Act". Study More. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
↑ Webster, Charles (1988). The Health Services Since the War. London: HMSO. p. 9. ISBN 0116309423. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

Mental health law in the United Kingdom
18th century	Madhouses Act 1774
19th century	Criminal Lunatics Act 1800 County Asylums Act 1808 Marriage of Lunatics Act 1811 Scottish Madhouses Act 1815 Criminal Lunatics Amendment Act 1815 Irish Lunatic Asylums for the Poor Act 1817 Pauper Lunatics Act 1819 County Asylums Act 1828 Madhouses Act 1828 Chancery Lunatics Property Act 1828 Madhouses Act 1832 County Asylums Act 1845 Lunacy Act 1845 Idiots Act 1886 Lunacy (Vacating of Seats) Act 1886
20th century	Mental Deficiency Act 1913 Mental Treatment Act 1930 Mental Health Act 1959 Mental Health Act 1983
21st century	Mental Capacity Act 2005 Mental Health Act 2007 Mental Health (Discrimination) Act 2013
Public bodies	Lunacy Commission Board of Control for Lunacy and Mental Deficiency Mental Health Review Tribunal (England and Wales)
Other	Diminished responsibility in English law Fixated Threat Assessment Centre

United Kingdom legislation
Pre-Parliamentary legislation	List of English statutes Charter of Liberties Magna Carta
Acts of Parliament by states preceding the Kingdom of Great Britain	Acts of the Parliament of England to 1483 1485–1601 1603–1641 Interregnum (1642–1660) 1660–1699 1700–1706 Acts of the Parliament of Scotland
Acts of Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain	1707–1719 1720–1739 1740–1759 1760–1779 1780–1800
Acts of the Parliament of Ireland	to 1700 1701–1800
Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	1801–1819 1820–1839 1840–1859 1860–1879 1880–1899 1900–1919 1920–1939 1940–1959 1960–1979 1980–1999 2000 to date Halsbury's Statutes Legislation.gov.uk Short titles
Church of England measures	List Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919
Legislation of devolved institutions	Acts of the Scottish Parliament List Acts and Measures of the National Assembly for Wales List Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly Acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland Orders in Council for Northern Ireland
Orders-in-Council	Order in Council
Secondary legislation	United Kingdom Statutory Instruments Scottish Statutory Instruments Acts of Sederunt Acts of Adjournal
Legislation relating to the European Union	1972 to date

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