Higher penalties for offences under Act

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Date in forceCommencement orderMHA 2007 sectionMHA 1983 sections affected
1/10/07 Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2007 42 s127

In section 127 of the 1983 Act (ill-treatment or wilful neglect of patients) the maximum penalty is increased from two to five years. The section now reads:

(3) Any person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both;
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding [five years] or to a fine of any amount, or to both.

Resources

Mental Health Act 2007 Explanatory Notes - page 31