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Skip to main contentSkip to navigationlegislation.gov.ukThe National ArchivesHelpSite MapAccessibilityContact UsCymraegHomeAbout UsBrowse LegislationNew LegislationChanges To LegislationSearch LegislationSearch LegislationTitle: (or keywords in the title)Year:Number:Type:All Legislation (excluding draft)All Primary Legislation UK Public General Acts UK Local Acts Acts of the Scottish Parliament Acts of the National Assembly for Wales Measures of the National Assembly for Wales Church Measures Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly Acts of the Old Scottish Parliament Acts of the English Parliament Acts of the Old Irish Parliament Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain Northern Ireland Orders in Council Measures of the Northern Ireland Assembly Acts of the Northern Ireland ParliamentAll Secondary Legislation UK Statutory Instruments Wales Statutory Instruments Scottish Statutory Instruments Northern Ireland Statutory Rules Church Instruments UK Ministerial Orders UK Statutory Rules and OrdersAll Draft Legislation UK Draft Statutory Instruments Scottish Draft Statutory Instruments Northern Ireland Draft Statutory RulesAll Impact Assessments UK Impact AssessmentsSearchAdvanced SearchMental Health Act 1983You are here:1983 c. 20Whole Act without SchedulesTable of ContentsContentMore ResourcesPrevious: IntroductionNext: SchedulePlain ViewPrint OptionsWhat VersionLatest available (Revised)Original (As enacted)Advanced FeaturesShow Geographical Extent(e.g. England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland)Show Timeline of ChangesOpening OptionsOpen whole ActOpen Act without schedulesOpen Schedules onlyMore ResourcesOriginal Print PDFView moreStatus:This version of this Act contains provisions that are prospective.StatusThe term provision is used to describe a definable element in a piece of legislation that has legislative effect – such as a Part, Chapter or section. 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Use the ‘more’ link to open the changes and effects relevant to the provision you are viewing.Changes and effects yet to be applied to :Changes and effectsThis section lists the changes and effects yet to be applied to the specific provision you are viewing.s. 12(3) words substituted by 2006 c. 43 Sch. 1 para. 63s. 12ZA-12ZC inserted by 2012 c. 7 s. 38(1)	s. 17B(3)(b) words inserted by 2012 c. 7 s. 299(6)	s. 19(3) words omitted by 2012 c. 7 Sch. 5 para. 25(b)	s. 19(3) words substituted by 2006 c. 43 Sch. 1 para. 64s. 19(3) words substituted by 2012 c. 7 Sch. 5 para. 25(a)	s. 23(3)(3A) omitted by 2012 c. 7 s. 39(1)	s. 23(5)(a) words omitted by 2012 c. 7 Sch. 5 para. 26(b)	s. 23(5)(a) words omitted by 2012 c. 7 Sch. 5 para. 26(c)	s. 23(5)(a) words substituted by 2006 c. 43 Sch. 1 para. 65s. 23(5)(a) words substituted by 2012 c. 7 Sch. 5 para. 26(a)	s. 24(3)(4) omitted by 2012 c. 7 s. 39(2)	s. 24(3)(b) words inserted by S.I. 2010/813 art. 5(2)s. 28(1) words substituted by 2014 c. 6 Sch. 2 para. 46(b)s. 28(1)(b) words substituted by 2014 c. 6 Sch. 2 para. 46(a)(i)s. 28(1)(b) words substituted by 2014 c. 6 Sch. 2 para. 46(a)(ii)s. 31 words substituted by 2013 c. 22 Sch. 9 para. 52s. 31 words substituted by 2013 c. 22 Sch. 9 para. 112s. 32(3) words omitted by 2012 c. 7 Sch. 5 para. 27	s. 34(1) words substituted by S.I. 2010/813 art. 5(3)s. 35(4)-(10) applied (with modifications) by 2014 c. 12 Sch. 1 para. 6(3)s. 37(1A)(aa) inserted by 2012 c. 10 Sch. 26 para. 2(3)s. 37(1A)(ba) inserted by 2012 c. 10 Sch. 19 para. 1s. 37(1A)(za) inserted by 2012 c. 10 Sch. 26 para. 2(2)s. 39(1) words inserted by 2012 c. 7 Sch. 5 para. 28(2)(e)	s. 39(1) words inserted by 2012 c. 7 Sch. 5 para. 28(2)(f)	s. 39(1) words inserted by 2012 c. 7 Sch. 5 para. 28(2)(g)	s. 39(1) words omitted by 2012 c. 7 Sch. 5 para. 28(2)(a)	s. 39(1)(a) words inserted by 2012 c. 7 Sch. 5 para. 28(2)(b)	s. 39(1)(b) words inserted by 2012 c. 7 Sch. 5 para. 28(2)(c)	s. 39(1)(b) words inserted by 2012 c. 7 Sch. 5 para. 28(2)(d)	s. 39(1ZA) inserted by 2012 c. 7 Sch. 5 para. 28(3)	s. 54(1) words inserted by 2012 c. 7 s. 38(2)	s. 61(1) words inserted by 2012 c. 7 s. 299(7)	s. 62A(5) words inserted by 2012 c. 7 s. 299(8)	s. 62A(6) words inserted by 2012 c. 7 s. 299(9)	s. 62A(6A) inserted by 2012 c. 7 s. 299(10)	s. 64C(4A)(4B) inserted by 2012 c. 7 s. 299(2)	s. 64E(7) words inserted by 2012 c. 7 s. 299(3)(b)	s. 64E(7) words substituted by 2012 c. 7 s. 299(3)(a)	s. 64H(2) words inserted by 2012 c. 7 s. 299(5)(a)	s. 64H(3)(4)(5) words inserted by 2012 c. 7 s. 299(5)(b)	s. 64FA inserted by 2012 c. 7 s. 299(4)	s. 68A(4) words omitted by 2012 c. 7 s. 42(2)(a)	s. 68A(4) words omitted by 2012 c. 7 s. 42(2)(b)	s. 68A(4)(e) omitted by 2012 c. 7 s. 42(2)(c)	s. 82(7) words substituted by S.I. 2010/976 Sch. 14 para. 28(2)s. 82A(1) words substituted by S.I. 2010/976 Sch. 14 para. 28(3)(a)s. 82A(4) omitted by S.I. 2010/976 Sch. 14 para. 28(3)(b)s. 86(4) words inserted by S.I. 2010/976 Sch. 14 para. 28(4)s. 114(6) words inserted by 2012 c. 7 s. 217(3)	s. 114A title substituted by 2012 c. 7 s. 217(8)	s. 114A(1) substituted by 2012 c. 7 s. 217(5)	s. 114A(3) omitted by 2012 c. 7 s. 217(6)	s. 114A(5) words omitted by 2012 c. 7 s. 217(7)	s. 114ZA inserted by 2012 c. 7 s. 217(2)	s. 117(2) words inserted by 2012 c. 7 s. 40(2)(a)	s. 117(2) words inserted by 2012 c. 7 s. 40(2)(c)	s. 117(2) words omitted by 2012 c. 7 s. 40(2)(b)	s. 117(2D)-(2G) inserted by 2012 c. 7 s. 40(3)	s. 117(3) words inserted by 2012 c. 7 s. 40(4)(a)	s. 117(3) words inserted by 2012 c. 7 s. 40(4)(c)	s. 117(3) words omitted by 2012 c. 7 s. 40(4)(b)	s. 118(1A) inserted by 2010 nawm 7 s. 39(2)s. 118(2D) words inserted by 2010 nawm 7 s. 39(3)s. 119(2)(a) words substituted by S.I. 2010/813 art. 5(4)(a)s. 119(3) substituted by S.I. 2010/813 art. 5(4)(b)s. 121(1) words substituted by 2006 c. 43 Sch. 1 para. 66(a)s. 121(11) words substituted by 2006 c. 43 Sch. 1 para. 66(b)s. 122(1) words substituted by 2012 c. 7 s. 41(2)(a)	s. 122(1) words substituted by 2012 c. 7 s. 41(2)(b)	s. 122(1) words substituted by 2012 c. 7 s. 41(2)(c)	s. 122(1) words substituted by 2012 c. 7 s. 41(2)(d)	s. 122(1) words substituted by 2012 c. 7 s. 41(2)(e)	s. 122(2) words omitted by 2012 c. 7 s. 41(3)(a)	s. 122(2) words substituted by 2006 c. 43 Sch. 1 para. 67(a)s. 122(2) words substituted by 2006 c. 43 Sch. 1 para. 67(b)s. 122(2) words substituted by 2012 c. 7 s. 41(3)(b)	s. 123 omitted by 2012 c. 7 s. 42(1)	s. 130A title word inserted by 2010 nawm 7 Sch. 1 para. 2s. 130A(1) words inserted by 2012 c. 7 s. 43(1)(b)	s. 130A(1) words substituted by 2010 nawm 7 Sch. 1 para. 3s. 130A(1) words substituted by 2012 c. 7 s. 43(1)(a)	s. 130A(2) words substituted by 2010 nawm 7 Sch. 1 para. 3s. 130A(4) words substituted by 2010 nawm 7 Sch. 1 para. 3s. 130A(4) words substituted by 2012 c. 7 s. 43(2)	s. 130C(2) substituted by 2010 nawm 7 Sch. 1 para. 4s. 130C(3) words inserted by 2010 nawm 7 Sch. 1 para. 5s. 130C(3A) inserted by 2010 nawm 7 Sch. 1 para. 6s. 130C(4A)(4B) inserted by 2012 c. 7 s. 43(3)	s. 130C(5)(6) repealed by 2010 nawm 7 Sch. 1 para. 7 Sch. 2s. 134(1) word inserted by 2012 c. 7 s. 44(1)(a)	s. 134(1) words omitted by 2012 c. 7 s. 44(1)(b)	s. 134(3)(e) words inserted by 2012 c. 7 Sch. 5 para. 29(a)	s. 134(3)(e) words omitted by 2012 c. 7 Sch. 5 para. 29(b)	s. 134(3)(e) words omitted by 2012 c. 7 Sch. 5 para. 29(d)	s. 134(3)(e) words substituted by 2012 c. 7 Sch. 5 para. 29(c)	s. 134(3A) words substituted by 2006 c. 43 Sch. 1 para. 68s. 134(3A)(b)(i) words inserted by 2010 nawm 7 Sch. 1 para. 8s. 134(3A)(b)(ii) words substituted by 2012 c. 7 s. 185(3)	s. 134(9) words substituted by 2011 c. 5 Sch. 12 para. 115s. 138(4)(a) words omitted by 2012 c. 7 s. 42(3)	s. 139(4) words inserted by 2012 c. 7 s. 38(3)	s. 139(4) words inserted by 2012 c. 7 Sch. 5 para. 30(a)	s. 139(4) words inserted by S.I. 2010/976 Sch. 14 para. 28(5)s. 139(4) words omitted by 2012 c. 7 Sch. 5 para. 30(b)	s. 139(4) words omitted by 2012 c. 7 Sch. 5 para. 30(d)	s. 139(4) words omitted by 2012 c. 7 Sch. 14 para. 50	s. 139(4) words substituted by 2006 c. 43 Sch. 1 para. 69s. 139(4) words substituted by 2012 c. 7 Sch. 5 para. 30(c)	s. 140 words inserted by 2012 c. 7 s. 45(1)(a)	s. 140 words inserted by 2012 c. 7 s. 45(1)(c)	s. 140 words inserted by 2012 c. 7 s. 45(1)(e)	s. 140 words omitted by 2012 c. 7 s. 45(1)(b)	s. 140 words omitted by 2012 c. 7 s. 45(1)(d)	s. 140 words omitted by 2012 c. 7 s. 45(1)(f)	s. 141 repealed by 2013 c. 8 s. 1(1)s. 143(3A) word substituted by 2010 nawm 7 s. 40(2)s. 143(3DA)(3DB) inserted by 2010 nawm 7 s. 40(3)s. 145 words substituted by S.I. 2010/813 art. 5(5)(a)s. 145 words substituted by S.I. 2010/813 art. 5(5)(b)s. 145(1) words inserted by 2012 c. 7 s. 38(4)	s. 145(1) words inserted by 2012 c. 7 Sch. 5 para. 31(1)(a)(i)	s. 145(1) words omitted by 2006 c. 43 Sch. 1 para. 70(a)s. 145(1) words omitted by 2012 c. 7 Sch. 5 para. 31(1)(a)(ii)	s. 145(1) words omitted by 2012 c. 7 Sch. 5 para. 31(1)(a)(iii)	s. 145(1) words omitted by 2012 c. 7 Sch. 5 para. 31(1)(b)	s. 145(1) words omitted by 2012 c. 7 Sch. 5 para. 31(1)(c)	s. 145(1) words omitted by 2012 c. 7 Sch. 5 para. 31(1)(d)	s. 145(1) words substituted by 2006 c. 43 Sch. 1 para. 70(b)s. 145(1) words substituted by 2006 c. 43 Sch. 1 para. 70(c)s. 145(1) words substituted by 2006 c. 43 Sch. 1 para. 70(d)(i)s. 145(1) words substituted by 2006 c. 43 Sch. 1 para. 70(d)(ii)s. 145(1) words substituted by 2006 c. 43 Sch. 1 para. 70(e)s. 145(1) words substituted by 2006 c. 43 Sch. 1 para. 70(f)s. 145(1) words substituted by 2006 c. 43 Sch. 1 para. 70(g)s. 145(1) words substituted by 2013 c. 8 Sch. para. 1(1)s. 146 word omitted by 2012 c. 7 s. 41(4)	s. 146 word omitted by 2013 c. 8 Sch. para. 1(2)s. 147 word omitted by 2013 c. 8 Sch. para. 1(3)Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 1 words omitted by 2012 c. 7 s. 39(3)(a)	Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 1 words omitted by 2012 c. 7 s. 39(3)(b)	Sch. 4 para. 47 repealed by 2006 c. 43 Sch. 4Sch. 4 para. 39 repealed by 2012 c. 10 Sch. 25 Pt. 2Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act associated Parts and Chapters:Changes and effectsThis section lists the changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act, associated Parts and Chapters where applicable. This includes any insertions of whole new Parts, Chapters or provisions yet to be inserted into this Act. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing.Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):s. 130E inserted by 2010 nawm 7 s. 31s. 130F inserted by 2010 nawm 7 s. 32s. 130G inserted by 2010 nawm 7 s. 33s. 130H inserted by 2010 nawm 7 s. 34s. 130I inserted by 2010 nawm 7 s. 35s. 130J inserted by 2010 nawm 7 s. 36s. 130K inserted by 2010 nawm 7 s. 37s. 130L inserted by 2010 nawm 7 s. 38Commencement Orders yet to be applied to the Mental Health Act 1983Commencement OrdersThis section lists the commencement orders yet to be applied to the whole Act. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing. Where applicable the commencement orders are listed under two headings, firstly those that bring some part of the Act you are viewing into force and secondly, those that bring into force legislation that affects some part of the legislation you are viewing. If you are viewing a prospective version or there is a prospective version available there may be commencement orders listed here that are relevant to the provision you are viewing.Commencement Orders bringing legislation that affects this Act into force:S.I. 2010/30 art. 2-4 commences (2009 c. 21)S.I. 2010/143 art. 2 commences (2010 c. 12)S.I. 2011/2329 art. 2	3	commences (2011 c. 5)S.I. 2011/3046 art. 2-4 commences (2010 nawm 7)Part IE+W Application of Act1 Application of Act: “mental disorder”.E+W(1)The provisions of this Act shall have effect with respect to the reception, care and treatment of mentally disordered patients, the management of their property and other related matters.
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[F4F3(3)Dependence on alcohol or drugs is not considered to be a disorder or disability of the mind for the purposes of subsection (2) above.]
[F5F4(4)In subsection (2A) above, “learning disability” means a state of arrested or incomplete development of the mind which includes significant impairment of intelligence and social functioning.F5]
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F1S. 1(2): definitions of "mental disorder" and "mentally disordered" substituted (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 1(2), 56 (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(a) (with art. 3, Sch.)F2S. 1(2): definitions repealed (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 1(3), 55, 56, Sch. 11 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(a)(p) (with art. 3, Sch.)F3S. 1(2A)(2B) inserted (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 2(2), 56 (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(b) (with art. 3, Sch.)F4S. 1(3) substituted (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 3, 56 (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(b) (with art. 3, Sch.)F5S. 1(4) inserted (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 2(3), 56 (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(b) (with art. 3, Sch.)Modifications etc. (not altering text)C1S. 1(2) modified (3.11.2008) by The Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No. 6 and After-care under Supervision: Savings, Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1210), art. 6(a) (with arts. 4, 5) Part IIE+W+S+N.I. Compulsory Admission to Hospital and GuardianshipAnnotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Modifications etc. (not altering text)C2Pt. II (ss. 2–34) modified by Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 36, SIF 85), ss. 17(2), 78(2)C3Part II (ss. 2-34) modified (E.W.) (1.1.1992) by Criminal Procedure (Insanity and Unfitness to Plead) Act 1991 (c. 25, SIF 39:1), s. 5(1), Sch. 1 para.3 (with saving in s. 8); S.I. 1991/2488, art. 2 Procedure for hospital admissionE+W2 Admission for assessment.E+W(1)A patient may be admitted to a hospital and detained there for the period allowed by subsection (4) below in pursuance of an application (in this Act referred to as “an application for admission for assessment”) made in accordance with subsections (2) and (3) below.
(a)he is suffering from [F6mental disorder]F6 of a nature or degree which makes it appropriate for him to receive medical treatment in a hospital; and
(c)it is necessary for the health or safety of the patient or for the protection of other persons that he should receive such treatment and it cannot be provided unless he is detained under this section[F8; and
F8(3)An application for admission for treatment shall be founded on the written recommendations in the prescribed form of two registered medical practitioners, including in each case a statement that in the opinion of the practitioner the conditions set out in subsection (2) above are complied with; and each such recommendation shall include—
(a)such particulars as may be prescribed of the grounds for that opinion so far as it relates to the conditions set out in paragraphs (a) and [F9(d)]F9 of that subsection; and
[F10(4)In this Act, references to appropriate medical treatment, in relation to a person suffering from mental disorder, are references to medical treatment which is appropriate in his case, taking into account the nature and degree of the mental disorder and all other circumstances of his case.F10]
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F6Words in s. 3(2)(a) substituted (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 1, 56, Sch. 1 para. 2 (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(a) (with art. 3, Sch.)F7S. 3(2)(b) and following word repealed (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 4(2)(a), 55, 56. {Sch. 11 Pt. 2} (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(b)(p) (with art. 3, Sch.)F8S. 3(2)(d) and preceding word inserted (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 4(2)(b), 56 (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(b) (with art. 3, Sch.)F9Word in s. 3(3)(a) substituted (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 4(2)(c), 56 (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(b) (with art. 3, Sch.)F10S. 3(4) inserted (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 4(3), 56 (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(b) (with art. 3, Sch.)4 Admission for assessment in cases of emergency.E+W(1)In any case of urgent necessity, an application for admission for assessment may be made in respect of a patient in accordance with the following provisions of this section, and any application so made is in this Act referred to as “an emergency application”.
(2)An emergency application may be made either by an [F11approved mental health professional]F11 or by the nearest relative of the patient; and every such application shall include a statement that it is of urgent necessity for the patient to be admitted and detained under section 2 above, and that compliance with the provisions of this Part of this Act relating to applications under that section would involve undesirable delay.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F11Words in s. 4(2) substituted (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 21, 56, Sch. 2 para. 2(a) (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(d) (with art. 3, Sch.); S.I. 2008/2561, art. 2(b) (with art. 3, Sch.)5 Application in respect of patient already in hospital.E+W(1)An application for the admission of a patient to a hospital may be made under this Part of this Act notwithstanding that the patient is already an in-patient in that hospital or, in the case of an application for admission for treatment that the patient is for the time being liable to be detained in the hospital in pursuance of an application for admission for assessment; and where an application is so made the patient shall be treated for the purposes of this Part of this Act as if he had been admitted to the hospital at the time when that application was received by the managers.
(2)If, in the case of a patient who is an in-patient in a hospital, it appears to the registered medical practitioner [F12or approved clinician]F12 in charge of the treatment of the patient that an application ought to be made under this Part of this Act for the admission of the patient to hospital, he may furnish to the managers a report in writing to that effect; and in any such case the patient may be detained in the hospital for a period of 72 hours from the time when the report is so furnished.
[F13(3)The registered medical practitioner or approved clinician in charge of the treatment of a patient in a hospital may nominate one (but not more than one) person to act for him under subsection (2) above in his absence.
F13(4)If, in the case of a patient who is receiving treatment for mental disorder as an in-patient in a hospital, it appears to a nurse of the prescribed class—
(b)that it is not practicable to secure the immediate attendance of a practitioner [F14or clinician]F14 for the purpose of furnishing a report under subsection (2) above,
the nurse may record that fact in writing; and in that event the patient may be detained in the hospital for a period of six hours from the time when that fact is so recorded or until the earlier arrival at the place where the patient is detained of a practitioner [F14or clinician]F14 having power to furnish a report under that subsection.
(6)The reference in subsection (1) above to an in-patient does not include an in-patient who is liable to be detained in pursuance of an application under this Part of this Act [F15or a community patient]F15 and the references in subsections (2) and (4) above do not include an in-patient who is liable to be detained in a hospital under this Part of this Act [F15or a community patient]F15 .
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F12Words in s. 5(2) inserted (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 9(2)(a), 56 (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(b) (with art. 3, Sch.)F13S. 5(3)(3A) substituted (3.11.2008) for s. 5(3) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 9(2)(b), 56 (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(b) (with art. 3, Sch.)F14Words in s. 5(4) inserted (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 9(2)(c), 56 (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(b) (with art. 3, Sch.)F15Words in s. 5(6) inserted (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 32, 56, Sch. 3 para. 2 (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(i) (with art. 3, Sch.)6 Effect of application for admission.E+W(1)An application for the admission of a patient to a hospital under this Part of this Act, duly completed in accordance with the provisions of this Part of this Act, shall be sufficient authority for the applicant, or any person authorised by the applicant, to take the patient and convey him to the hospital at any time within the following period, that is to say—
(a)he is suffering from mental disorder, F16... of a nature or degree which warrants his reception into guardianship under this section; and
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(c)the power to require access to the patient to be given, at any place where the patient is residing, to any registered medical practitioner, [F17approved mental health professional]F17 or other person so specified.
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(3)If it appears to the county court, upon application made by an [F18approved mental health professional acting on behalf of the local social services authority]F18 , that any person other than a local social services authority having the guardianship of a patient received into guardianship under this Part of this Act has performed his functions negligently or in a manner contrary to the interests of the welfare of the patient, the court may order that the guardianship of the patient be transferred to the local social services authority or to any other person approved for the purpose by that authority.
[F19(5)In this section “the local social services authority”, in relation to a person (other than a local social services authority) who is the guardian of a patient, means the local social services authority for the area in which that person resides (or resided immediately before his death).F19]
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F18Words in s. 10(3) substituted (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 21, 56, Sch. 2 para. 3(2) (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(d) (with art. 3, Sch.); S.I. 2008/2561, art. 2(b) (with art. 3, Sch.)F19S. 10(5) inserted (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 21, 56, Sch. 2 para. 3(3) (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(d) (with art. 3, Sch.); S.I. 2008/2561, art. 2(b) (with art. 3, Sch.) General provisions as to applications and recommendationsE+W11 General provisions as to applications.E+W(1)Subject to the provisions of this section, an application for admission for assessment, an application for admission for treatment and a guardianship application may be made either by the nearest relative of the patient or by an [F20approved mental health professional]F20 ; and every such application shall specify the qualification of the applicant to make the application.
[F21(1A)No application mentioned in subsection (1) above shall be made by an approved mental health professional if the circumstances are such that there would be a potential conflict of interest for the purposes of regulations under section 12A below.]
F21(2)Every application for admission shall be addressed to the managers of the hospital to which admission is sought and every guardianship application shall be forwarded to the local social services authority named in the application as guardian, or, as the case may be, to the local social services authority for the area in which the person so named resides.
(3)Before or within a reasonable time after an application for the admission of a patient for assessment is made by an [F22approved mental health professional, that professional]F22 shall take such steps as are practicable to inform the person (if any) appearing to be the nearest relative of the patient that the application is to be or has been made and of the power of the nearest relative under section 23(2)(a) below.
[F23(4)An approved mental health professional may not make an application for admission for treatment or a guardianship application in respect of a patient in either of the following cases—
F23(5)None of the applications mentioned in subsection (1) above shall be made by any person in respect of a patient unless that person has personally seen the patient within the period of 14 days ending with the date of the application.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F20Words in s. 11(1) substituted (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 21, 56, Sch. 2 para. 4(2) (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(d) (with art. 3, Sch.); S.I. 2008/2561, art. 2(b) (with art. 3, Sch.)F21S. 11(1A) inserted (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 22(2), 56 (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(e) (with art. 3, Sch.)F22Words in s. 11(3) substituted (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 21, 56, Sch. 2 para. 4(3) (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(d) (with art. 3, Sch.); S.I. 2008/2561, art. 2(b) (with art. 3, Sch.)F23S. 11(4) substituted (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 21, 56, Sch. 2 para. 4(4) (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(d) (with art. 3, Sch.); S.I. 2008/2561, art. 2(b) (with art. 3, Sch.)F24S. 11(6) repealed (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 55, 56, Sch.11 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(p) (with art. 3, Sch.)12 General provisions as to medical recommendations.E+W(1)The recommendations required for the purposes of an application for the admission of a patient under this Part of this Act [F25or a guardianship application]F25(in this Act referred to as “medical recommendations”) shall be signed on or before the date of the application, and shall be given by practitioners who have personally examined the patient either together or separately, but where they have examined the patient separately not more than five days must have elapsed between the days on which the separate examinations took place.
[F26(2A)A registered medical practitioner who is an approved clinician shall be treated as also approved for the purposes of this section under subsection (2) above as having special experience as mentioned there.]
[F27F26(3)No medical recommendation shall be given for the purposes of an application mentioned in subsection (1) above if the circumstances are such that there would be a potential conflict of interest for the purposes of regulations under section 12A below.F27]
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F25Words in s. 12(1) inserted (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 22(3), 56 (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(e) (with art. 3, Sch.)F26S. 12(2A) inserted (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 16, 56 (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(b) (with art. 3, Sch.)F27S. 12(3) substituted (3.11.2008) for s. 12(3)-(7) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 22(4), 56 (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(e) (with art. 3, Sch.)Modifications etc. (not altering text)C4S. 12(2): certain functions not to be exercisable by a Primary Care Trust (E.) (1.4.2002) by virtue of 2000/695, reg. 4(1), Sch. 4 (as amended by S.I. 2002/555, reg. 6(3))C5S. 12(2): transfer of functions (E.) (1.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/747, regs. 2(1), 3, 4, Sch. 1C6S. 12(2): functions made exercisable (W.) (1.10.2009) by Local Health Boards (Directed Functions) (Wales) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1511), reg. 4, Sch.[F2812AConflicts of interestE+W(1)The appropriate national authority may make regulations as to the circumstances in which there would be a potential conflict of interest such that—
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F28S. 12A inserted (1.4.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 22(5), 56 (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/745, art. 3(c)13[F29Duty of approved mental health professionals to make applications for admission or guardianship]F29.E+W[F30(1)If a local social services authority have reason to think that an application for admission to hospital or a guardianship application may need to be made in respect of a patient within their area, they shall make arrangements for an approved mental health professional to consider the patient's case on their behalf.
F30(2)Before making an application for the admission of a patient to hospital an [F31approved mental health professional]F31 shall interview the patient in a suitable manner and satisfy himself that detention in a hospital is in all the circumstances of the case the most appropriate way of providing the care and medical treatment of which the patient stands in need.
[F32(3)An application under subsection (1A) above may be made outside the area of the local social services authority on whose behalf the approved mental health professional is considering the patient's case.]
F32(4)It shall be the duty of a local social services authority, if so required by the nearest relative of a patient residing in their area, to [F33make arrangements under subsection (1) above for an approved mental health professional to consider the patient's case]F33 with a view to making an application for his admission to hospital; and if in any such case [F34that professional]F34 decides not to make an application he shall inform the nearest relative of his reasons in writing.
(5)Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorising or requiring an application to be made by an [F35approved mental health professional]F35 in contravention of the provisions of section 11(4) above [F36or of regulations under section 12A]F36, or as restricting the power of [F37a local social services authority to make arrangements with an approved mental health professional to consider a patient's case or of]F37 an [F35approved mental health professional]F35 to make any application under this Act.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F29S. 13 heading: words substituted (3.11.2008) by virtue of Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 21, 56, Sch. 2 para. 5(1) (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(d) (with art. 3, Sch.); S.I. 2008/2561, art. 2(b) (with art. 3, Sch.)F30S. 13(1)-(1C) substituted (3.11.2008) for s. 13(1) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 21, 56, Sch. 2 para. 5(2) (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(d) (with art. 3, Sch.); S.I. 2008/2561, art. 2(b) (art. 3, Sch.)F31Words in s. 13(2) substituted (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 21, 56, Sch. 2 para. 5(3) (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(d) (with art. 3, Sch.); S.I. 2008/2561, art. 2(b) (with art. 3, Sch.)F32S. 13(3) substituted (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 21, 56, Sch. 2 para. 5(4) (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(d) (with art. 3, Sch.); S.I. 2008/2561, art. 2(b) (with art. 3, Sch.)F33Words in s. 13(4) substituted (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 21, 56, Sch. 2 para. 5(5)(a) (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(d) (with art. 3, Sch.); S.I. 2008/2561, art. 2(b) (with art. 3, Sch.)F34Words in s. 13(4) substituted (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 21, 56, Sch. 2 para. 5(5)(b) (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(d) (with art. 3, Sch.); S.I. 2008/2561, art. 2(b) (with art. 3, Sch.)F35Words in s. 13(5) substituted (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 21, 56, Sch. 2 para. 5(6)(a) (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(d) (with art. 3, Sch.); S.I. 2008/2561, art. 2(b) (with art. 3, Sch.)F36Words in s. 13(5) inserted (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 22(6), 56 (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(e) (with art. 3, Sch.)F37Words in s. 13(5) inserted (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 21, 56, Sch. 2 para. 5(6)(b) (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(d) (with art. 3, Sch.); S.I. 2008/2561, art. 2(b) (with art. 3, Sch.)14Where a patient is admitted to a hospital in pursuance of an application (other than an emergency application) made under this Part of this Act by his nearest relative, the managers of the hospital shall as soon as practicable give notice of that fact to the local social services authority for the area in which the patient resided immediately before his admission; and that authority shall as soon as practicable arrange for [F38an approved mental health professionalF38]F39... to interview the patient and provide the managers with a report on his social circumstances.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F38Words in s. 14 substituted (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 21, 56, Sch. 2 para. 6 (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(d) (with art. 3, Sch.); S.I. 2008/2561, art. 2(b) (art. 3, Sch.)F39Words in s. 14 repealed (1.4.2005 for E. and 1.4.2006 for W.) by Children Act 2004 (2004 c. 31), ss.48, 67, Sch. 5 Pt. 4; S.I. 2005/394, art. 2(2)(g); S.I. 2006/885, art. 2(2)(h)15 Rectification of applications and recommendations.E+W(1)If within the period of 14 days beginning with the day on which a patient has been admitted to a hospital in pursuance of an application for admission for assessment or for treatment the application, or any medical recommendation given for the purposes of the application, is found to be in any respect incorrect or defective, the application or recommendation may, within that period and with the consent of the managers of the hospital, be amended by the person by whom it was signed; and upon such amendment being made the application or recommendation shall have effect and shall be deemed to have had effect as if it had been originally made as so amended.
(3)Where the medical recommendations upon which an application for admission is founded are, taken together, insufficient to warrant the detention of the patient in pursuance of the application, a notice under subsection (2) above may be given in respect of either of those recommendationsF40...
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F40Words in s. 15(3) repealed (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 55, 56, Sch. 11 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(p) (with art. 3, Sch.) Position of patients subject to detention or guardianshipE+W+S+N.I.16 Reclassification of patients.E+WF41. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F41S. 16 repealed (3.11.2008) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), ss. 55, 56, Sch. 11 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 10); S.I. 2008/1900, art. 2(p) (with art. 3, Sch.)17 Leave of absence from hospital.E+W(1)The [F42responsible clinician]F42 may grant to any patient who is for the time being liable to be detained in a hospital under this Part of this Act leave to be absent from the hospital subject to such conditions (if any) as [F43that clinician]F43 considers necessary in the interests of the patient or for the protection of other persons.
[F44(2A)But longer-term leave may not be granted to a patient unless the responsible clinician first considers whether the patient should be dealt with under section 17A instead.
F44(3)Where it appears to the [F45responsible clinician]F45 that it is necessary so to do in the interests of the patient or for the protection of other persons, he may, upon granting leave of absence under this section, direct that the patient remain in custody during his absence; and where leave of absence is so granted the patient may be kept in the custody of any officer on the staff of the hospital, or of any other person authorised in writing by the managers of the hospital or, if the patient is required in accordance with conditions imposed on the grant of leave of absence to reside in another hospital, of any officer on the staff of that other hospital.
(4)In any case where a patient is absent from a hospital in pursuance of leave of absence granted under this section, and it appears to the [F46responsible clinician]F46 that it is necessary so to do in the interests of the patient’s health or safety or for the protection of other persons, [F47that clinician]F47 may, subject to subsection (5) below, by notice in writing given to the patient or to the person for the time being in charge of the patient, revoke the leave of absence and recall the patient to the hospital.
(5)A patient to whom leave of absence is granted under this section shall not be recalled under subsection (4) above after he has ceased to be liable to be detained under this Part of this Act;F48...
[F49(6)Subsection (7) below applies to a person who is granted leave by or by virtue of a provision—