Legislation
Legislation relevant to mental health practitioners, starting with the Mental Health Act 1983.
Code of Practice Mental Health Act 1983 - [1]
Mental Health Act Memorandum - [2]
Mental Health Regulations 1983 - Mental Health (Hospital, Guardianship and Consent to Treatment) Regulations 1983
Mental Health Review Tribunal Rules 1983
Aftercare
National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 - [3]
Acts amending the MHA
These are listed in chronological (then alphabetical) order; the list is not necessarily exhaustive. The amendments from these Acts will be applied to this site's MHA 1983 text shortly.
Health and Social Security Act 1984
Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984
Police And Criminal Evidence Act 1984
Mental Health (NI Consequential Amendments) Order 1986
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990
NHS and Community Care Act 1990
Children Act 1989 (Consequential Amendments) Order 1991
Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993
Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993
Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1994
Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1994
Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Act 1995
Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No 2) Order 1999
Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998
Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000
Health Act 1999 (Supplementary, Consequential, etc Provisions) Order 2000
NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2000
Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000
Power of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000
Health and Social Care Act 2001
Mental Health Act 1983 (Remedial Order) Order 2001
Nationality, Immigration & Asylum Act 2002
Domestic Violence Crime and Victims Act 2004
Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004
Human Rights
European Convention on Human Rights
Crime
Criminal Procedure (Insanity and Unfitness to Plead) Act 1991 - [5]
Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964