Mental Health Act 1959

Part IE+W Preliminary

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Part IIE+W Local Authority Services

General ProvisionsE+W

6, 7.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2E+W

8 Functions of welfare authorities.E+W

[F3(1) For the purposes of subsection (8) of section twenty-one of the M1 National Assistance Act 1948 (which restricts the duties of local authorities in respect of the provision of accommodation under that section by reference to the provision authorised or required to be made under other enactments) no account shall be taken of the provision authorised or required to be made by [F4 local social services authorities ] under [F5 paragraph 2 of Schedule 8 to the M2 National Health Service Act 1977 ] , with respect to residential accommodation for persons who are or have been suffering from mental disorder. ]

(2)[F6The persons referred to in subsection (1) of section twenty-nine of the said Act of 1948 (which section enables local authorities to make arrangements for promoting the welfare of blind persons and other disabled persons described in the said subsection (1)) shall include mentally disordered persons of any description; and] for the purposes of subsection (6) of that section (which, among other things, excludes from that section the provision of accommodation or services required to be provided under the M3National Health Service Act 1946), no account shall be taken of the provisions of [F7Schedule 20 to the National Health Service Act 2006 or Schedule 15 to the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006], with respect to the provision of accommodation or services for such persons.

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(4)Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring a local authority to make provision for the same purposes both under . . . F9 Part III of the M4National Assistance Act 1948 [F10and under [F11Schedule 20 to the National Health Service Act 2006 or Schedule 15 to the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006]].

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10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13E+W

11—13.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14E+W

Part IIIE+W Mental Nursing Homes, Residential Homes, etc.

14—18.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F15E+W

19—21.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16E+W

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(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F18

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F19

24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F20E+W

Part IVE+W Compulsory Admission to Hospital and Guardianship

25—35.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F21E+W

36. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F22E+W

37—43.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F23E+W

44. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F24E+W

45—59.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F25E+W

Part VE+W Admission of Patients Concerned in Criminal Proceedings, etc., and Transfer of Patients under Sentence

60. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F26E+W

61. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F27E+W

62—68.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F28E+W

69. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F29E+W

70—76.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F30E+W

77, 78.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F31E+W

79. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F32E+W

80. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F33E+W

Part VIE+W Removal and Return of Patients within United Kingdom, etc.

81. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F34E+W

82—84.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F35E+W

85. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F36E+W

87. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F37E+W

89, 90.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F38E+W

91. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F39E+W

92—96.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F40E+W

Part VIIE+W Special Hospitals

97, 98.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F41E+W

99. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F42E+W

Part VIIIE+W Management of Property and Affairs of Patients

100—119.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F43E+W

120. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F44E+W

121. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F45E+W

Part IXE+W Miscellaneous and General

122—124.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F46E+W

OffencesE+W

125, 126.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F47E+W

F48127 Amendment of Sexual Offences Act, 1956. E+W

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F49128Sexual intercourse with patients.E+W

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129, 130.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F50E+W

131Prosecutions by local authorities.E+W

(1)A [F51local social services authority] may institute proceedings for any offence under this Part of this Act, but without prejudice to any provision of this Part of this Act requiring the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions for the institution of such proceedings.

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F52

Miscellaneous provisionsU.K.

132, 133.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F53E+W

134. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F54E+W

135—138.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F55E+W

139—141. SupplementalE+W

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142 Default powers of Minister.E+W

(1)Where the Minister is of opinion, on complaint or otherwise, that a [F57local social services authority] have failed to carry out functions conferred or imposed on the authority by or under this Act or have in carrying out those functions failed to comply with any regulations relating thereto, he may after such inquiry as he thinks fit make an order declaring the authority to be in default.

(2)[F58Section 68(4) of the National Health Service Act 2006, and section 28(4) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (which relate] to orders declaring, among others, a local authority to be in default under that Act) shall apply in relation to an order under this section as they apply in relation to an order under that section.

F59143 Inquiries. E+W

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144 Expenses.E+W

(1)There shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament—

(a)any expenses incurred by the Minister or a Secretary of State under this Act;

(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F60

(c)any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable out of moneys provided by Parliament under any other enactment.

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F61

145 General provisions as to regulations, orders and rules.E+W+S

(1)Any power of the Minister F62... to make regulations, orders or rules under this Act shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F63

146. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F64E+W

147, 148.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F65E+W

149 Minor and consequential amendments and repeals.E+W

(1)The enactments described in the first column of the Seventh Schedule to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in the second column of that Schedule, being minor amendments and amendments consequential on the foregoing provisions of this Act.

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F66

(3)—(5).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F67

150 Application to Scotland.U.K.

The following provisions of this Act shall extend to Scotland, that is to say—

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• section one hundred and forty-five so far as applicable to any Order in Council extending to Scotland;

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• Part II of the Seventh Schedule;

• Part II of the Eighth Schedule;

but except as aforesaid, and except so far as it relates to the interpretation or commencement of the said provisions, this Act shall not extend to Scotland.

151. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F70E+W

152 Application to Northern Ireland.E+W

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F71, this Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.

153. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F72E+W

154 Short title and application to Scilly Isles.E+W

(1)This Act may be cited as the Mental Health Act 1959.

(2)[F73Section 278(4) of the National Health Service Act 2006 (which provides for the application] of that Act to the Isles of Scilly) shall have effect as if the references to that Act included references to this Act.