Agency:
Guardianship Board
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1963
End Date:
01 Sep 1997
Description:
Guardianship of patients. To advise the Minister with respect to the provision of facilities for the care, treatment, training and occupation of persons suffering from mental disorders who are not in-patients at the hospital.;;;;The Board was replaced by one with wider-ranging powers in 1997.
Legislation Administered:
Mental Health Act 1963
Legislation Creating:
Mental Health Act 1963 (63/1963)
Legislation Abolishing Agency:
Guardianship and Administration Act 1995;;Statutory Rule 1997 Number 117
Previous Agencies:
| Mental Deficiency Board (TA8) | 01 Jan 1922 | 01 Dec 1964 |
Related Agencies:
| Nelumie, Institution for Female Defectives (TA15) | 01 Jan 1956 | 31 Dec 1965 |
| Division of Psychiatric Services (TA13) | 02 Apr 1963 | 01 Jul 1968 |
| Mental Health Services Commission (TA14) | 01 Jul 1968 | 20 Apr 1993 |
Subsequent Agencies:
| Guardianship and Administration Board (TA1668) | 01 Sep 1997 |
| Office of the Public Guardian (TA1946) | 01 Sep 1997 |
Series Created By Agency:
| AA6 Case Files of Mental Defectives Placed under Guardianship. | 01 Jan 1947 | 31 Dec 1974 |
| AA37 Minutes of Meetings. | 31 Mar 1947 | 13 Dec 1988 |
| AA3 Correspondence Files - about Patients | 01 Jan 1950 | 31 Dec 1969 |
| AA7 Reports to the Guardianship Board on Persons Whose Cases have Been Reviewed under Para 3, Part Ii of the Mental Health Act 1963. | 01 Jan 1963 | 31 Dec 1963 |