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        Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20)
        Introductory Text
        Main body
        Part I Application of Act
        1. Application of Act:"mental disorder".
        Part II Compulsory Admission to Hospital and Guardianship
        Procedure for hospital admission
        2. Admission for assessment.
        3. Admission for treatment.
        4. Admission for assessment in cases of emergency.
        5. Application in respect of patient already in hospital.
        6. Effect of application for admission.
        Guardianship
        7. Application for guardianship.
        8. Effect of guardianship application, etc.
        9. Regulations as to guardianship.
        10. Transfer of guardianship in case of death, incapacity, etc., of guardian.
        General provisions as to applications and recommendations
        11. General provisions as to applications.
        12. General provisions as to medical recommendations.
        [12A Conflicts of interest]
        13. Duty of approved social workers to make applications for admission or guardianship.
        14. {Where a patient is admitted to a hospital in pursuance of an application (other than an emergen...}
        15. Rectification of applications and recommendations.
        Position of patients subject to detention or guardianship
        16. Reclassification of patients.
        17. Leave of absence from hospital.
        [17A Community treatment orders]
        [17B Conditions]
        [17C Duration of community treatment order]
        [17D Effect of community treatment order]
        [17E Power to recall to hospital]
        [17F Powers in respect of recalled patients]
        [17G Effect of revoking community treatment order]
        18. Return and readmission of patients absent without leave.
        19. Regulations as to transfer of patients.
        [19A Regulations as to assignment of responsibility for community patients]
        Duration of detention or guardianship and discharge
        20. Duration of authority.
        [20A Community treatment period]
        [20B Effect of expiry of community treatment order]
        21. Special provisions as to patients absent without leave.
        21A. Patients who are taken into custody or return within 28 days.
        21B. Patients who are taken into custody or return after more than 28 days.
        22. Special provisions as to patients sentenced to imprisonment, etc.
        23. Discharge of patients.
        24. Visiting and examination of patients.
        25. Restrictions on discharge by nearest relative.
        After-care under supervision
        25A. Application for supervision.
        25B. Making of supervision application.
        25C. Supervision applications: supplementary.
        25D. Requirements to secure receipt of after-care under supervision.
        25E. Review of after-care under supervision etc.
        25F. Reclassification of patient subject to after-care under supervision.
        25G. Duration and renewal of after-care under supervision.
        25H. Ending of after-care under supervision.
        25I. Special provisions as to patients sentenced to imprisonment etc.
        25J. Patients moving from Scotland to England and Wales.
        Functions of relatives of patients
        26. Definition of"relative" and"nearest relative".
        27. Children and young persons in care.
        28. Nearest relative of minor under guardianship, etc.
        29. Appointment by court of acting nearest relative.
        30. Discharge and variation of orders under s. 29.
        Supplemental
        31. Procedure on applications to county court.
        32. Regulations for purposes of Part II.
        33. Special provisions as to wards of court.
        34. Interpretation of Part II.
        Part III Patients Concerned in Criminal Proceedings or Under Sentence
        Remands to hospital
        35. Remand to hospital for report on accused's mental condition.
        36. Remand of accused person to hospital for treatment.
        Hospital and guardianship orders
        37. Powers of courts to order hospital admission or guardianship.
        38. Interim hospital orders.
        39. Information as to hospitals.
        39A. Information to facilitate guardianship orders.
        40. Effect of hospital orders, guardianship orders and interim hospital orders.
        Restriction orders
        41. Power of higher courts to restrict discharge from hospital.
        42. Powers of Secretary of State in respect of patients subject to restriction orders.
        43. Power of magistrates' courts to commit for restriction order.
        44. Committal to hospital under s. 43.
        45. Appeals from magistrates' courts.
        Hospital and limitation directions
        45A. Power of higher courts to direct hospital admission.
        45B. Effect of hospital and limitation directions.
        Detention during Her Majesty's pleasure
        46. Persons ordered to be kept in custody during Her Majesty's pleasure.
        Transfer to hospital of prisoners, etc.
        47. Removal to hospital of persons serving sentences of imprisonment, etc.
        48. Removal to hospital of other prisoners.
        49. Restriction on discharge of prisoners removed to hospital.
        50. Further provisions as to prisoners under sentence.
        51. Further provisions as to detained persons.
        52. Further provisions as to persons remanded by magistrates' courts.
        53. Further provisions as to civil prisoners and persons detained underthe Immigration Acts.
        Supplemental
        54. Requirements as to medical evidence.
        54A. Reduction of period for making hospital orders.
        55. Interpretation of Part III.
        Part IV Consent to Treatment
        56. Patients to whom Part IV applies.
        57. Treatment requiring consent and a second opinion.
        58. Treatment requiring consent or a second opinion.
        [58A Electro-convulsive therapy, etc.]
        59. Plans of treatment.
        60. Withdrawal of consent.
        61. Review of treatment.
        62. Urgent treatment.
        [62A Treatment on recall of community patient or revocation of order]
        63. Treatment not requiring consent.
        64. Supplementary provisions for Part IV.
        [Part 4A Treatment of community patients not recalled to hospital]
        [64A Meaning of "relevant treatment"]
        [64B Adult community patients]
        [64C Section 64B: supplemental]
        [64D Adult community patients lacking capacity]
        [64E Child community patients]
        [64F Child community patients lacking competence]
        [64G Emergency treatment for patients lacking capacity or competence]
        [64H Certificates: supplementary provisions]
        [64I Liability for negligence]
        [64J Factors to be considered in determining whether patient objects to treatment]
        [64K Interpretation of Part 4A]
        Part V Mental Health Review Tribunals
        Constitution etc.
        65. Mental Health Review Tribunals.
        Applications and references concerning Part II patients
        66. Applications to tribunals.
        67. References to tribunals by Secretary of State concerning Part II patients.
        68. Duty of managers of hospitals to refer cases to tribunal.
        [68A Power to reduce periods under section 68]
        Applications and references concerning Part III patients
        69. Applications to tribunals concerning patients subject to hospital and guardianship orders.
        70. Applications to tribunals concerning restricted patients.
        71. References by Secretary of State concerning restricted patients.
        Discharge of patients
        72. Powers of tribunals.
        73. Power to discharge restricted patients.
        74. Restricted patients subject to restriction directions.
        75. Applications and references concerning conditionally discharged restricted patients.
        General
        76. Visiting and examination of patients.
        77. General provisions concerning tribunal applications.
        78. Procedure of tribunals.
        79. Interpretation of Part V.
        Part VI Removal and Return of Patients Within United Kingdom, etc.
        Removal to Scotland
        80. Removal of patients to Scotland.
        [80ZA Transfer of responsibility for community patients to Scotland]
        80A. Transfer of responsibility for patients to Scotland.
        [80B Removal of detained patients from Scotland]
        [80C Removal of patients subject to compulsion in the community from Scotland]
        80D Transfer of conditionally discharged patients from Scotland
        Removal to and from Northern Ireland
        81. Removal of patients to Northern Ireland.
        [81ZA Removal of community patients to Northern Ireland]
        81A. Transfer of responsibility for patients to Northern Ireland.
        82. Removal to England and Wales of patients from Northern Ireland.
        82A. Transfer of responsibility for patients to England and Wales from Northern Ireland.
        Removal to and from Channel Islands and Isle of Man
        83. Removal of patients to Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
        [83ZA Removal or transfer of community patients to Channel Islands or Isle of Man]
        83A. Transfer of responsibility for patients to Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
        84. Removal to England and Wales of offenders found insane in Channel Islands and Isle of Man.
        85. Patients removed from Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
        [85ZA Responsibility for community patients transferred from Channel Islands or Isle of Man]
        85A. Responsibility for patients transferred from Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
        Removal of aliens
        86. Removal of alien patients.
        Return of patients absent without leave
        87. Patients absent from hospitals in Northern Ireland.
        88. Patients absent from hospitals in England and Wales.
        89. Patients absent from hospitals in the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
        General
        90. Regulations for purposes of Part VI.
        91. General provisions as to patients removed from England and Wales.
        92. Interpretation of Part VI.
        Part VII Management of Property and Affairs of Patients
        Part VIII Miscellaneous Functions of Local Authorities and the Secretary of State
        Approved social workers
        [114. Appointment of approved social workers.]
        114A Approval of courses etc for approved mental health professionals
        115. Powers of entry and inspection.
        Visiting patients
        116. Welfare of certain hospital patients.
        After-care
        117. After-care.
        Functions of the Secretary of State
        118. Code of practice.
        119. Practitioners approved for Part IV and s. 118.
        120. General protection of detained patients.
        121. Mental Health Act Commission.
        122. Provision of pocket money for in-patients in hospital.
        123. Transfers to and from special hospitals.
        124. Default powers of Secretary of State.
        125. Inquiries.
        Part IX Offences
        126. Forgery, false statements, etc.
        127. Ill-treatment of patients.
        128. Assisting patients to absent themselves without leave, etc.
        129. Obstruction.
        130. Prosecutions by local authorities.
        Part X Miscellaneous and Supplementary
        Miscellaneous provisions
        [130A Independent mental health advocates]
        [130B Arrangements under section 130A]
        [130C Section 130A: supplemental]
        [130D Duty to give information about independent mental health advocates]
        131. Informal admission of patients.
        [131A Accommodation, etc. for children]
        132. Duty of managers of hospitals to give information to detained patients.
        [132A Duty of managers of hospitals to give information to community patients]
        133. Duty of managers of hospitals to inform nearest relatives of discharge.
        134. Correspondence of patients.
        135. Warrant to search for and remove patients.
        136. Mentally disordered persons found in public places.
        137. Provisions as to custody, conveyance and detention.
        138. Retaking of patients escaping from custody.
        139. Protection for acts done in pursuance of this Act. (S+N.I.)
        139. Protection for acts done in pursuance of this Act. (E+W)
        140. Notification of hospitals having arrangements for reception of urgent cases.
        141. Members of Parliament suffering from mental illness.
        142. Pay, pensions, etc., of mentally disordered persons.
        [142A Regulations as to approvals in relation to England and Wales]
        142B Delegation of powers of managers of NHS foundation trusts
        Supplemental
        143. General provisions as to regulations, orders and rules.
        144. Power to amend local Acts.
        145. Interpretation.
        146. Application to Scotland.
        147. Application to Northern Ireland.
        148. Consequential and transitional provisions and repeals.
        149. Short title, commencement and application to Scilly Isles.
        Schedules
        SCHEDULE 1 Application of Certain Provisions to Patients Subject to Hospital and Guardianship Orders
        Part I Patients Not Subject to Special Restrictions
        Part II Patients Subject to Special Restrictions
        SCHEDULE 2 Mental Health Review Tribunals
        SCHEDULE 3 Enactments Disapplied in Respect of Persons Within Jurisdiction Under Part VII
        SCHEDULE 4 Consequential Amendments
        SCHEDULE 5 Transitional and Saving Provisions
        SCHEDULE 6 Repeals

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