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.

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 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
20th century	Mental Deficiency Act 1913 Mental Deficiency and Lunacy (Scotland) 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	Commissioners in Lunacy Commissioners in Lunacy for Scotland 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

Legislation of the United Kingdom

Pre-Parliamentary legislation

Acts of Parliament by states preceding
the Kingdom of Great Britain

Parliament of England	to 1483 1485–1601 1603–1641 Petition of Right Interregnum (1642–1660) 1660–1699 Habeas Corpus Act Bill of Rights 1700–1706
Parliament of Scotland	to 1707

Acts of Parliament of the
Kingdom of Great Britain

Acts of the Parliament of Ireland

Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland and the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

relating to the European Union (formally European Communities)	1972 to date

Church of England measures

Legislation of devolved institutions

Orders in Council

1994 to date

for Northern Ireland	1972–2009

Secondary legislation

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