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{{mha change info|3/11/08|6|Section 1 insofar as it gives effect to paragraph 13 of Schedule 1|[[s66]]|3/11/08 |7|Remainder of section 1 and sch 1|[[s3]], [[s7]], [[s20]], [[s35]], [[s36]], [[s37]], [[s38]], [[s45A]], [[s47]], [[s48]], [[s51]], [[s72]], [[s86]], [[s141]], [[s145]]. [Other Acts are amended, including MCA sch 4 para 23]}}
{{mha change info|3/11/08|6|Section 1 insofar as it gives effect to paragraph 13 of Schedule 1|[[s66]]|3/11/08 |7|Remainder of section 1 and sch 1|[[s1]], [[s3]], [[s7]], [[s20]], [[s35]], [[s36]], [[s37]], [[s38]], [[s45A]], [[s47]], [[s48]], [[s51]], [[s72]], [[s86]], [[s141]], [[s145]]. [Other Acts are amended, including MCA sch 4 para 23]|"|"|s55, sch 11|[[s1]], [[s7]], [[s11]], [[s15]], [[s16]], [[s20]], [[s21B]], [[s27]], [[s45A]], [[s47]], [[s55]], [[s66]], [[s72]], [[s92]]; [[sched 1]] part 1 para 2, 3, 6; [[sched 5]] para 37, 39}}


The definition of [[mental disorder]] is changed by the [[MHA 2007]], as of 3/11/08, so that it is no longer split into the four classifications of mental illness, psychopathic disorder, mental impairment and severe mental impairment.
The definition of [[mental disorder]] is changed by the [[MHA 2007]], as of 3/11/08, so that it is no longer split into the four classifications of mental illness, psychopathic disorder, mental impairment and severe mental impairment.

Revision as of 22:39, 9 October 2008

Date in forceCommencement orderMHA 2007 sectionMHA 1983 sections affected
3/11/08 Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No. 6 and After-care under Supervision: Savings, Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008 Section 1 insofar as it gives effect to paragraph 13 of Schedule 1 s66
3/11/08 Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No.7 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008 Remainder of section 1 and sch 1 s1, s3, s7, s20, s35, s36, s37, s38, s45A, s47, s48, s51, s72, s86, s141, s145. [Other Acts are amended, including MCA sch 4 para 23]
" " s55, sch 11 s1, s7, s11, s15, s16, s20, s21B, s27, s45A, s47, s55, s66, s72, s92; sched 1 part 1 para 2, 3, 6; sched 5 para 37, 39

The definition of mental disorder is changed by the MHA 2007, as of 3/11/08, so that it is no longer split into the four classifications of mental illness, psychopathic disorder, mental impairment and severe mental impairment.

s1 now states that:

"mental disorder" means any disorder or disability of the mind.

There are, however, two exceptions. See these pages for details: