Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/20/section/139/2005-04-04?timeline=true
Timestamp: 2019-08-18 05:02:56
Document Index: 167062690

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art.2', 'art. 12', 'art. 2', 'art.2', 'art. 12']

Point in time view as at 04/04/2005. There are multiple versions of this provision on screen. These apply to different geographical extents. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Mental Health Act 1983, Section 139 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 18 August 2019. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)No person shall be liable, whether on the ground of want of jurisdiction or on any other ground, to any civil or criminal proceedings to which he would have been liable apart from this section in respect of any act purporting to be done in pursuance of this Act or any regulations or rules made under this Act, or in, or in pursuance of anything done in, the discharge of functions conferred by any other enactment on the authority having jurisdiction under Part VII of this Act, unless the act was done in bad faith or without reasonable care.
(4)This section does not apply to proceedings against the Secretary of State or against a [F1Strategic Health Authority,][F2Health Authority [F3, Special Health Authority or Primary Care Trust]][F4or against a National Health Service trust established under the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990][F5or NHS foundation trust] .
F1Words in s. 139(4) inserted (1.10.2002) by S.I. 2002/2469, reg. 4, Sch. 1 Pt. 1
F2Words in s. 139(4) substituted (28.6.1995 for certain purposes, otherwise 1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 17, ss. 2(1)(3), 8, Sch. 1 Pt. III para. 107(11)
F3Words in s. 139(4) substituted (E.W.) (8.2.2000) by virtue of S.I. 2000/90, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 16(8) (with art. 2(5))
F4Words in s. 139(4) inserted by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 66(1), Sch. 9 para. 24(7)
F5Words in s. 139(4) inserted (1.4.2004) by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), ss. 34, 199, Sch. 4 para. 56; S.I. 2004/759, art.2
C1S. 139 applied (E.W) (5.10.2005) by The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2078), art. 12(2)
C2S. 139 extended by Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 36, SIF 85), ss. 17(2), 122(2)
C3S. 139 extended (E.W.) (1.1.1992) by Criminal Procedure (Insanity and Unfitness to Plead) Act 1991 (c. 25, SIF 39:1), s. 6(2); S.I. 1991/2488, art. 2
(4)This section does not apply to proceedings against the Secretary of State or against a [F6Strategic Health Authority,][F7Health Authority or Special Health Authority][F8or against a National Health Service trust established under the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990][F9or NHS foundation trust] .
F6Words in s. 139(4) inserted (1.10.2002) by S.I. 2002/2469, reg. 4, Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 10(3)
F7Words in s. 139(4) substituted (28.6.1995 for certain purposes, otherwise 1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 17, ss. 2(1)(3), 8, Sch. 1 Pt. III para. 107(11)
F8Words in s. 139(4) inserted by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 66(1), Sch. 9 para. 24(7)
F9Words in s. 139(4) inserted (1.4.2004) by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), ss. 34, 199, Sch. 4 para. 56; S.I. 2004/759, art.2
C4S. 139 applied (N.I.) (5.10.2005) by The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2078), art. 12(2)