Mental Treatment Act 1930

The Mental Treatment Act 1930 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]

It was repealed by the Mental Health Act 1959.

References[]

^ "The history of mental health and community care - key dates". Mind. Archived from the original on August 30, 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
^ ^a ^b "Mental Health Act Reform". Psychiatric Bulletin. 1999. Retrieved 2010-07-31.

v t 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 Irish Lunatic Asylums for the Poor Act 1817 Lunacy (Ireland) Act 1821 County Asylums Act 1828 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 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

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

Legislation of devolved institutions

for Northern Ireland	1972–2009

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