The Mental Deficiency Act, 1913 : together with the regulations and rules made under the provisions of that Act, the departmental circulars, the Elementary (Defectice and Epileptic Children) Acts, 1899 and 1914, and, introduction and annotations / by R.A. Leach.
- Date:
- 1914
Licence: In copyright
Credit: The Mental Deficiency Act, 1913 : together with the regulations and rules made under the provisions of that Act, the departmental circulars, the Elementary (Defectice and Epileptic Children) Acts, 1899 and 1914, and, introduction and annotations / by R.A. Leach. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![ing under sub-sections (2) and (3) of section two hundred and thirty-four of the Public Health Act, 1875 [38 & 39 Viet. c. 55.] (4) Separate accounts shall be kept by the council of a county borough of their receipts and expenditure under this Act. SPECIAL PROVISIONS AS TO LANCASHIRE. 34. The Lancashire Asylums Board shall, as respects the county of Lancaster and the county boroughs represented on the said Board, be the local authority for the purposes of this Act for that county and those county boroughs, and the provisions of the Lancashire County (Lunatic Asylums and other Powers) Act, 1891 [54 & 55 Viet. c. xx.] as to expenses, borrowing, accounts, and audit shall apply accordingly in substitution for the provisions as to the like matters contained in this Act. Part III. Certification and Provision of Institutions, &c. STATE INSTITUTIONS. 35—(1) The Board, subject to the approval of the Secretary of State, may establish and maintain institutions for defectives of dangerous or violent propensities (in this Act referred to as State institutions), and for that purpose the Secretary of State may cause to be transferred to the Board the whole or any part of any building vested in the Prison Commissioners or otherwise under the control of the Secretary of State, or may, with the approval of the Treasury, authorise the Board under this Act either to acquire any land or erect or acquire any building. (2) For the purposes of this Act, the Board shall be deemed to be the managers of State institutions. and one approved by the Mayor, called Mayor’s auditor (sections 25 and 26), but these auditors are not empowered as are the Local Government Board’s District Auditors to disallow illegal payments or to make sur- charges. The accounts of county and borough asylums under the Lunacy Acts are dealt with as are County Council accounts as regards audit, etc. (Lunacy Act, 1891, section 18.) See section 34 as regards Lancashire. In respect of the accounts of certified institutions provided by local authorities, see 114 and 121 of the Home Secretary’s Regulations, 2nd April, 1914, Note to Section 34. The special provision made for County of Lancaster in regard to lunatic asylums has arisen through the many (17) county boroughs in the geographical county. The Asylums Board is the local authority for Lancashire under the Lunacy Acts. Notes to Section 35. The Board of Contiol (see section 21), subject to the regulations of the Secretary of State, are, among other things, to “ provide and maintain institutions for defectives of dangerous or violent propensities.” (Section 25 (e) and note.) Acquire, land.—Power to hold land without licence in mortmain is con-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29010172_0076.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
