Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1960

The Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1960 (8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 61) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made fresh provision with respect to the reception, care and treatment of persons suffering from mental disorder in Scotland, repealing the Lunacy (Scotland) Acts 1857 to 1913 and the Mental Deficiency (Scotland) Acts 1913 and 1940.

The Mental Health Act 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 72) made similar provisions for England and Wales.

Provisions Repealed enactments Section 113(2) of the act repealed 34 enactments, listed in the fifth schedule to the act. CitationShort titleExtent of repeal51 Geo. 3. c. 37Marriage of Lunatics Act 1811The whole act so far as it extends to Scotland.20 & 21 Vict. c. 71Lunacy (Scotland) Act 1857The whole act.25 & 26 Vict. c. 54Lunacy (Scotland) Act 1862The whole act.27 & 28 Vict. c. 59Lunacy Board (Scotland) Act 1864The whole act.29 & 30 Vict. c. 51Lunacy (Scotland) Act 1866The whole act.34 & 35 Vict. c. 55Criminal and Dangerous Lunatics (Scotland) Amendment Act 1871The whole act.47 & 48 Vict. c. 46Naval Enlistment Act 1884Section three.48 & 49 Vict. c. 61Secretary for Scotland Act 1885In the Schedule, in Part I, the entry relating to lunacy.48 & 49 Vict. c. 69Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885In section five, paragraph (2) so far as it extends to Scotland.52 & 53 Vict. c. 50Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889In section eleven, in paragraph (5), head (ii).53 & 54 Vict. c. 5Lunacy Act 1890The whole act so far as it extends to Scotland and Northern Ireland.63 & 64 Vict. c. 54Lunacy Board (Scotland) Salaries and Clerks Act 1900The whole act.3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. 38Mental Deficiency and Lunacy (Scotland) Act 1913The whole act.19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. 25Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929In section eleven, subsection (4); in section seventy-seven, in subsection (1), in the definition of "Central Department", paragraph (c).25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. 32Criminal Lunatics (Scotland) Act 1935The whole act.2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 20Reorganisation of Offices (Scotland) Act 1939Section two.3 & 4 Geo. 6. c. 8Mental Deficiency (Scotland) Act 1940The whole act.8 & 9 Geo. 6. c. 37Education (Scotland) Act 1945In the Fourth Schedule, the amendments to the Mental Deficiency and Lunacy (Scotland) Act, 1913.9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 72Education (Scotland) Act 1946In section fifty-six, subsection (6); section fifty-eight; in section one hundred and forty, in subsection (2), paragraphs (b), (c), (d), and (e); in section one hundred and forty-three, in subsection (1), the definition of "Mental Deficiency Acts."10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 27National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947In section sixteen, in subsection (1), the words "or mental deficiency"; in section seventeen, in subsection (1), the words "or mental deficiency"; in section twenty-seven, in subsection (1), the words "or mental deficiency"; in section twenty-eight, in subsection (1), the words "mentally defective"; Part V; in section eighty, in subsection (1) in the definition of "hospital", the words "or mental deficiency" and the definition of "mental defective"; the Ninth Schedule.11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 29National Assistance Act 1948In section thirty-seven, in the proviso to subsection (9), paragraphs (b) and (c), and the word "or" at the end of paragraph (a); in the Sixth Schedule, in paragraph 7, sub-paragraph (2), and in paragraph 9, head (a) of sub-paragraph (3).12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 19Education (Scotland) Act 1949In the Schedule, in Part I, the amendments to the Mental Deficiency and Lunacy (Scotland) Act, 1913, and the National Health Service (Scotland) Act, 1947.12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 93National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1949Section twenty-seven.12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 94Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1949In section three, in subsection (3), the words "or can be" and "as a voluntary boarder or", in subsection (4), the words "as a voluntary boarder or"; in section four, in subsection (2), the words "voluntary boarder or"; in section thirteen, in subsection (1) the words "voluntary boarder or"; sections twenty-three to twenty-five; in section twenty-seven, subsection (5); sections fifty-two, sixty-three, sixty-four and sixty-five; in section seventy-five, in subsection (2) the words from the beginning to "Treasury, and "; in the Third Schedule, in paragraph 3, in head (d) of sub-paragraph (1), the words "voluntary or"; in the Eleventh Schedule, the amendments to the Mental Deficiency and Lunacy (Scotland) Act, 1913.15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 61Prisons (Scotland) Act 1952In the Third Schedule, the amendments to the Mental Deficiency and Lunacy (Scotland) Act, 1913.1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 25Local Government Superannuation Act 1953In section fifteen, in subsection (1), in paragraph (b), the words "and V".3 & 4 Eliz. 2. c. 18Army Act 1955Section sixteen.3 & 4 Eliz. 2. c. 19Air Force Act 1955Section sixteen.3 & 4 Eliz. 2. c. 20Revision of the Army and Air Force Acts (Transitional Provisions) Act 1955In the Second Schedule, paragraph 2 (entry relating to the Naval Enlistment Act, 1884); sub-paragraph (6) of paragraph 13; sub-paragraph (6) of paragraph 14; sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 18.5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 20House of Commons Disqualification Act 1957In the First Schedule, in Part I, the following entry: "The General Board of Control for Scotland".6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 40Matrimonial Proceedings (Children) Act 1958In section ten, subsection (5).6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 65Children Act 1958In section two, subsection (5).7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 5Adoption Act 1958In section thirty-seven, in subsection (3), the words "or subsection (5)".7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 72Mental Health Act 1959Sections eighty-two to eighty-four; in section eighty-five, in subsection (3), the words "or placed" in each place where they occur; section ninety-one; in section one hundred and thirty-three, subsection (3); in section one hundred and fifty, the words "to eighty-four, section ninety-one", "section one hundred and thirty-three"; in the Sixth Schedule, in sub-paragraphs (1) of paragraphs 8 and 12, the words "In relation to", the words from "and the other" to the end of the sub-paragraphs; in the Seventh Schedule, in Part I, the amendment to the Recall of Army and Air Force Pensioners Act, 1948, and, in Part II, the amendments to the Naval Enlistment Act, 1884, the Army Act, 1955, the Air Force Act, 1955, and the Revision of the Army and Air Force Acts (Transitional Provisions) Act, 1955.

Subsequent developments The whole act was repealed by section 127(2) of, and schedule 5 to, the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984, which came into force on 30 September 1984.

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