The Lunatic Asylums Act 1853 (16 & 17 Vict. c. 97) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to lunatic asylums in England and Wales.
The Lunacy Regulation Act 1853 (16 & 17 Vict. c. 70) was passed in the same month as the act.
Section 1 of the act repealed ? enactments, listed in the first schedule to the act.
The whole act was repealed by section 5 of, and the fifth schedule to, the Lunacy Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 5).