Reference Guide to the Mental Health Act 1983: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 22:49, 10 March 2025

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Department of Health, Reference Guide to the Mental Health Act 1983 (2015).
(No reference guide has been published for Wales.)

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-A new Reference Guide was published in England to coincide with the coming into force of the new [[Mental Health Act 1983 Codes of Practice|Code of Practice]] on 1/4/15.
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+*[[Department of Health, Reference Guide to the Mental Health Act 1983 (2015)]].
+*(No reference guide has been published for Wales.)
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-*[https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mental-health-act-1983-reference-guide Department of Health, ''Reference Guide to the Mental Health Act 1983'' (2015)]. Description from Government website: "It is a reference source for people who want to understand the main provisions of the Mental Health Act 1983 and the regulations under the Act, as amended at 1 April 2015, including by the Mental Health Act 2007, Health and Social Care Acts 2008 and 2012 and Care Act 2014. The revised reference guide complements the revised Mental Health Act Code of Practice, with the Code giving guidance on how the Act should be applied."
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 *[http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130107105354/http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_088162 Reference Guide (2008 edition)]. This was published on 17/9/08 and explained the Act and secondary legislation as the law stood on 3/11/08.
 *[[Media:MHA memorandum DH 4019537.pdf|Mental Health Act Memorandum]].
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