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Mental Treatment Act 1930
Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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The Mental Treatment Act 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 23) 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]
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Long titleAn 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.
Citation20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 23
Territorial extentEngland and Wales[b]
Royal assent10 July 1930
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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 | ||||||||
| Territorial extent | England and Wales[b] | ||||||||
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| Royal assent | 10 July 1930 | ||||||||
| Commencement | 1 January 1930[c] | ||||||||
| Repealed | 1 November 1960 | ||||||||
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Status: Repealed | |||||||||
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Subsequent developments
The whole act was repealed by section 149(2) of, and part I of the eighth schedule to, Mental Health Act 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 72), which came into force on 1 November 1960.[3]
