Lunacy Act, 1890

Power to retain land unsuitable or not required for asylum purposes.

265. Any lands or buildings which have been used for the purposes of an asylum, and have been found unsuitable, or are otherwise not required for such purposes, may, with the consent of a Secretary of State, and subject to such conditions as he thinks fit to impose, be retained by the local authority, and appropriated for any purposes for which the local authority is empowered to acquire land.