Lunatic Asylums Act 1853


The Lunatic Asylums Act 1853 was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to lunatic asylums in England and Wales.
The Lunacy Regulation Act 1853 was passed in the same month as the act.

Provisions

Section 1 of the act repealed ? enactments, listed in the first schedule to the act.
CitationShort titleDescriptionExtent of repeal
8 & 9 Vict. c. 126County Asylums Act 1845An 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. 84Lunatic Asylums, etc. Act 1846An Act of the Session holden in the Ninth and Tenth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter Eighty-four.The whole act.
10 & 11 Vict. c. 43Lunatic Asylums Act 1847An 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The whole act was repealed by section 5 of, and the fifth schedule to, the Lunacy Act 1890.