NHS Foundation Trusts discharge power problem remedied

Date in force	Commencement order	MHA 2007 section	MHA 1983 sections affected
24/7/07	Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2007	45	s23; also s32, s142B

The MHA had previously been amended to allow NHS Foundation Trusts to exercise their s23 power of discharge only through non-executive directors. This was proving too much of a burden when arranging hospital managers' hearings, so now those Trusts are treated the same as other Trusts.