<P> The Lunacy Act 1890 was repealed following World War II by the Mental Health Act 1959 . This Act abolished the Board of Control, and aimed to provide informal treatment for the majority of people suffering from mental disorders, whilst providing a legal framework such that such people could, if necessary, be detained in hospital against their will . It also aimed to make local councils responsible for the care of mentally disordered people who did not require hospital admission . </P> <P> However, like its predecessors, the 1959 Act did not provide clarity as to whether a legal order to detain a mentally disordered person in hospital also empowered the hospital to impose medical treatment against the person's wishes . It had become clear by the 1970s that a specific legal framework for medical treatments such as psychiatric medications, electroconvulsive therapy and psychosurgery was needed in order to balance the rights of detained persons with society as a whole . </P> <P> The Mental Health Act 1983 was formally approved by the monarch on 9 May 1983 and came into effect on 30 September that year . It has been amended three times: first in 1995, again in 2001 (via remedial order under the Human Rights Act 1998), and once more in 2007 . </P> <P> The Act is divided into ten "parts": </P>

When did the mental health act came into force
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