The Mental Hospitals Act 1939 also named ‘An Act to amend the Mental Hospitals Act 1858’ (Act no.3&4 Geo.VI No.37) amended the Mental Hospitals Act 1858 (Act no. 22 Vict No. 22) significantly. This amendment made provision for voluntary admissions to Mental Hospitals and specifies the requirement for licences to run a Mental Hospital, and…
The Mental Hospitals Act 1942 also known as ‘An Act to amend the Mental Hospitals Act 1858’ (Act no. 6 Geo. VI No.27) amended the Mental Hospitals Act 1858 (Act no 22 Vict. No.23) by entering a clause whereby a person could be exempt from paying for the cost of admission to and provision of…
The Mental Diseases Hospitals Act 1926 also named ‘An Act to amend the Mental Diseases Hospitals Act’ (Act no. 17 Geo. V No.40) amended the Mental Hospitals Act 1858 (Act no. 22 Vict No. 22) empowering the court to transfer any assets or money from a person admitted to a Mental Diseases Hospital to their…
The Mental Diseases Hospitals Act 1929 also named ‘An Act to amend the Mental Diseases Hospitals Act'(Act no.20 Geo. V No.29) amended the Mental Hospitals Act 1858 (Act no. 22 Vict No. 22) adding a 2 year limit on for recovering and making a complaint about money owed to Mental Disease Hospitals or the courts…
The Mental Diseases Hospital Act 1915 also named ‘An Act to alter the Official Designation of “The New Norfolk Hospital for the Insane,” to amend “The Insane Persons’ Hospitals Act”, and for other purposes’ (Act no. 6 Geo. V No.8) amended the Mental Hospitals Act 1858 (Act no. 22 Vict No. 22) in two key…
The Mental Hospitals Act 1858 with the full title ‘An Act for the Regulation of the Care and Treatment of the Insane, and for the Appointment, Maintenance, and Regulation of Hospitals for the Insane’ (Act no. 22 Vict. No.23) provided extensive instruction on the management and establishment of psychiatric hospitals and the admission. This act…
The Mental Hospital Act 1885 has the full title ”An Act to amend the Mental Hospitals Act 1858′ (Act no. 49 Vic. No.35). It replaces the Commissioners who were responsible for regularly reviewing the institution’s administration, maintenance and treatment of people admitted to the hospital with Official Visitors. The number of Official Visitors per hospital…
The Servants and Apprentices’ Act 1852 with the full title, “An Act to repeal the Act of Council of this Island intituled an Act to consolidate the Laws relating to Apprentices and Servants and to substitute other Provision in lieu thereof” (Act no.16 Vict. No.23) repealed and replaced the Apprentices and Servants 1840 (Act no….
The Master and Servant Act 1854 with the full title ‘An Act to amend the Law relating to Masters, Servants, and Apprentices’ (Act no.18 Vict. No.8) replaced and repealed the Servants and Apprentices’ Act 1852 (16 Vict. No.23). This legislation was active until its replacement and repeal in 1856 by the Masters and Servant Act…
Apprentices and Servants 1840 is also known by its full title ‘An Act to consolidate the Laws relating to Apprentices and Servants'(Act no. 4 Vict. No.12). This act was developed to alleviate uncertainty regarding the administration of justice between masters, servants and apprentices in an environment extremely different from the United Kingdom. A similar piece…
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