Mental Treatment Act 1930

Mental Treatment Act 1930
Act of Parliament
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 extent England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent10 July 1930
Commencement1 January 1930
Repealed1 November 1960
Other legislation
Amends
Repealed byMental Health Act 1959
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

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. It also replaced the term "asylum" with "mental hospital".