Lunatic Asylums Act 1853
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Long titleAn Act to consolidate and amend the Laws for the Provision and Regulation of Lunatic Asylums for Counties and Boroughs, and for the Maintenance and Care of Pauper Lunatics, in England.
Citation16 & 17 Vict. c. 97
Territorial extentEngland and Wales[b]
Royal assent20 August 1853
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws for the Provision and Regulation of Lunatic Asylums for Counties and Boroughs, and for the Maintenance and Care of Pauper Lunatics, in England. |
|---|---|
| Citation | 16 & 17 Vict. c. 97 |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales[b] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 20 August 1853 |
| Commencement | 1 November 1853[c] |
| Repealed | 1 May 1890 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Lunacy Act 1890 |
| Relates to | |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Lunatic Asylums Act 1853 (16 & 17 Vict. c. 97) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to lunatic asylums in England and Wales.[1][2]
The Lunacy Regulation Act 1853 (16 & 17 Vict. c. 70) was passed in the same month as the act.
Section 1 of the act repealed ? enactments, listed in the first schedule to the act.[3]
| Citation | Short title | Description | Extent of repeal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 & 9 Vict. c. 126 | County Asylums Act 1845 | An Act of the Session holden in the Eighth and Ninth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter One hundred and twenty-six. | The whole act. |
| 9 & 10 Vict. c. 84 | Lunatic Asylums, etc. Act 1846 | An Act of the Session holden in the Ninth and Tenth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter Eighty-four. | The whole act. |
| 10 & 11 Vict. c. 43 | Lunatic Asylums Act 1847 | An Act of the Session holden in the Tenth and Eleventh Years of Her Majesty, Chapter Forty-three. | The whole act. |
Subsequent developments
The whole act was repealed by section 5 of, and the fifth schedule to, the Lunacy Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 5).
