Lunacy Act 1890
United Kingdom legislation
- Lunacy Regulation Amendment Act 1882
Status: Repealed
The Lunacy Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 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]
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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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