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Mental Health Act 1983

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PART IPatients Not Subject to Special Restrictions

1Sections 9, 10, 17, 21, 24(3) and (4), 26 to 28, 31, 32, 34, 67 and 76 shall apply in relation to the patient without modification.

2Sections 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23 and 66 shall apply in relation to the patient with the modifications specified in paragraphs 3 to 9 below.

3In section 16(1) for references to an application for admission or a guardianship application there shall be substituted references to the order or direction under Part III of this Act by virtue of which the patient is liable to be detained or subject to guardianship.

4In section 18 subsection (5) shall be omitted.

5In section 19(2) for the words from " as follows " to the end of the subsection there shall be substituted the words " as if the order or direction under Part III of this Act by virtue of which he was liable to be detained or subject to guardianship before being transferred were an order or direction for his admission or removal to the hospital to which he is transferred, or placing him under the guardianship of the authority or person into whose guardianship he is transferred, as the case may be " .

6In section 20—

(a)in subsection (1) for the words from " day on which he was " to " as the case may be " there shall be substituted the words " date of the relevant order or direction under Part III of this Act " ; and

(b)in subsection (9) for the words " the application for admission for treatment or, as the case may be, in the guardianship application, that application " there shall be substituted the words " the relevant order or direction under Part III of this Act, that order or direction " .

7In section 22 for references to an application for admission or a guardianship application there shall be substituted references to the order or direction under Part III of this Act by virtue of which the patient is liable to be detained or subject to guardianship.

8In section 23(2)—

(a)in paragraph (a) the words " for assessment or" shall be omitted; and

(b)in paragraphs (a) and (b) the references to the nearest relative shall be omitted.

9In section 66—

(a)in subsection (1), paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (g) and (h), the words in parenthesis in paragraph (i) and paragraph (ii) shall be omitted; and

(b)in subsection (2), paragraphs (a), (b) (c) and (g) shall be omitted and in paragraph (d) for the words " cases mentioned in paragraphs (d) and (g) " there shall be substituted the words " case mentioned in paragraph (d) " .

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