Mental Health Act 1983 (as amended)
Edit/add commentary Law as at 19/11/11
Part IV contents
56, 57, 58, 58A, 59, 60, 61, 62, 62A, 63, 64
All Parts
I, II, III, IV, 4A, V, VI, VIII, IX, X, Schedules
Overview of the MHA 1983 Plain text for printing Statute Law Database
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Supplementary provisions for Part IV
64.—(1) In this Part of this Act ["the responsible clinician" means the approved clinician with overall responsibility for the case][1] of the patient in question and "hospital" includes a [registered establishment].[2]
[(1A) References in this Part of this Act to the approved clinician in charge of a patient's treatment shall, where the treatment in question is a form of treatment to which section 57 above applies, be construed as references to the person in charge of the treatment.][1]
[(1B) References in this Part of this Act to the approved clinician in charge of a patient's treatment shall, where the treatment in question is a form of treatment to which section 58A above applies and the patient falls within section 56(5) above, be construed as references to the person in charge of the treatment.
(1C) Regulations made by virtue of section 32(2)(d) above apply for the purposes of this Part as they apply for the purposes of Part 2 of this Act.][1]
(2) Any certificate for the purposes of this Part of this Act shall be in such form as may be prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State.
[(3) For the purposes of this Part of this Act, it is appropriate for treatment to be given to a patient if the treatment is appropriate in his case, taking into account the nature and degree of the mental disorder from which he is suffering and all other circumstances of his case.][1]
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