Mental Health Act 1983 Codes of Practice: Difference between revisions

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The Code of Practice provides guidance on how the Mental Health Act 1983 should be applied. It was last revised in 1999.
The Code of Practice provides guidance on how the Mental Health Act 1983 should be applied.  


See [[Mental Health Bill 2006]] page for proposed amendments.
It was last revised in 1999. The current version is unlikely to be made available directly on this site as a new version is in the pipeline. See [[Mental Health Bill 2006]] page for details of proposed amendments to this and other documents.


== External links ==
== External links ==


The Code of Practice is not yet available on this site directly, but a PDF version of the Code is available from the [http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/07/49/61/04074961.pdf Department of Health website].
The following are available from the Department of Health website:
 
* [http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/07/49/61/04074961.pdf Current version (1999)].
 
* [http://www.dh.gov.uk/PublicationsAndStatistics/Publications/PublicationsLegislation/PublicationsLegislationArticle/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=4140495&chk=6cI4gy Proposed new version (2006)].


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Revision as of 23:13, 10 December 2006

The Code of Practice provides guidance on how the Mental Health Act 1983 should be applied.

It was last revised in 1999. The current version is unlikely to be made available directly on this site as a new version is in the pipeline. See Mental Health Bill 2006 page for details of proposed amendments to this and other documents.

External links

The following are available from the Department of Health website:

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