Legislation.gov.uk

On 29/7/10 the Legislation.gov.uk website was launched. It replaced the OPSI and Statute Law Database websites.

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INFORMATION

• Representation
  • The role of the mental health lawyer
  • Ethical and other conduct guidance for lawyers
  • Case preparation
• Civil sections and CTOs
  • Section 2: admission for assessment
  • Section 3: admission for treatment
  • Section 4: emergency admission for assessment
  • Section 5: holding powers
  • Section 7: guardianship
  • Community Treatment Order
• Criminal sections
  • Section 37: hospital order
  • Section 37/41: hospital order with restrictions
  • Conditional discharge resources
  • Sections 47, 48 and 49: transferred prisoners
  • Prison sentences
  • Notional s37
  • Section 45A: hospital direction
  • Section 38: interim hospital order
  • Section 135: Warrant to search for and remove patients
  • Section 136: Mentally disordered persons found in public places
  • Section 35: Remand to hospital for report on accused’s mental condition
  • Section 36: Remand of accused person to hospital for treatment
  • Section 37: guardianship order
  • Section 43: committal by magistrates for restriction order
  • Section 44: committal to hospital under s43
  • Section 51(5): hospital order without conviction
  • Detention under insanity legislation
  • Admission order
• Aftercare
  • Patients who are eligible for aftercare
  • The aftercare duty and its duration
  • The definition of aftercare
  • Charging for aftercare services
  • Which authority pays for aftercare
  • Ordinary residence ...
• Mental Health Tribunal
  • Tribunal Rules
  • Preliminary legal points
    • Standard and burden of proof (MHT)
    • Delay (MHT)
    • Re-sectioning after tribunal discharge
  • Tribunal eligibility
    • Eligibility periods
    • Change in status during tribunal proceedings
  • Commentary on some FTT matters
    • Overriding objective (MHT)
    • Applications (MHT)
    • Parties (MHT)
    • Victims (MHT)
    • Representatives (MHT)
    • Notice of proceedings, and listing (MHT)
    • Medical examination (MHT)
    • Remote hearings (MHT)
    • Recording of hearings (MHT)
    • Disposal without hearing (MHT)
    • Hearing in a party’s absence (MHT)
    • Decisions by a single judge (MHT)
    • Reports (MHT)
    • Evidence (MHT)
    • Non-disclosure of documents and information (MHT)
    • Directions (MHT)
    • Adjournment and postponement (MHT)
    • Withdrawal (MHT)
    • Reinstatement (MHT)
    • Decisions (MHT)
    • Public hearing (MHT)
    • Wasted costs (MHT)
    • Appealing against a tribunal decision (MHT)
• Mandatory and discretionary references
• Nearest relative
  • Patients who have a nearest relative
  • Identification of nearest relative
  • Nearest relative powers
    • Nearest relative powers - introduction
    • Nearest relative's right to receive information
    • Right to apply to Tribunal
    • Right to be consulted and to object to s3 admission
    • Right to discharge from guardianship
    • Right to request discharge of s2 or s3 or CTO
    • Dangerousness criterion
  • Changing the nearest relative
    • Delegation by existing nearest relative
    • Displacement (appointment) by county court
  • Nearest relative - miscellaneous
• Legal Aid
  • Contracts
    • Standard Civil Contract 2014
    • Standard Civil Contract 2018
    • Standard Civil Contract 2024
  • Main types of funding
    • Certificated (licenced) work
    • Controlled work
  • Legal Aid eligibility
    • Merits tests
    • Means testing
  • The scheme
    • The mental health fee scheme
    • Hourly rates and fixed fees
    • Escape fee cases
    • Legal Aid for appeals
    • Disbursements, including independent experts
  • Other pages
    • Peer review
    • Transaction criteria
    • Legal Aid in the Court of Protection
    • Legal Aid Agency Liverpool Office
    • Legal Aid forms
    • Legal Aid guidance documents
  • Legal Aid archive
    • Legal Aid information archive
    • Legal Aid News archive
    • Non-means-tested non-tribunal matters
    • Residence test
• International law
  • The ECHR and mental health law
  • The CRPD and mental health law

• Representation
• Civil sections and CTOs
• Criminal sections
• Aftercare
• Mental Health Tribunal
• Mandatory and discretionary references
• Nearest relative
• Legal Aid
• International law

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• Changes made by MHA 2007
  • 16- or 17-year-old with capacity cannot be detained on basis of parental consent
  • Abnormally aggressive or seriously irresponsible conduct is only a consideration for learning disability (not personality disorder)
  • Additional safeguards for ECT introduced in new s58A
  • Appropriate treatment test replaces treatability test and applies to all patients under long-term detention
  • Approved Mental Health Professional replaces Approved Social Worker
  • Automatic reference scheme under s68 changed
  • Bournewood gap bridged by Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards inserted into MCA 2005
  • Civil partners are treated as if married when determining nearest relative
  • Conditionally-discharged hospital direction patients can be absolutely discharged by MHRT
  • Domestic Violence Crime and Victims Act 2004 applies to unrestricted criminal patients
  • Fundamental principles set out in Act and included in Code of Practice
  • Higher penalties for offences under Act
  • Hospital direction patients can no longer apply to Tribunal during first six months
  • Hospital directions under s45A apply to any mental disorder
  • Legal status of Code of Practice set out in Act
  • Limitation to the exceptions to the duty to instruct IMCA
  • Mental disorder no longer split into separate classifications
  • Minor drafting error in MCA 2005 corrected
  • New cross-border arrangements for leave and transfer
  • New definition of medical treatment
  • New Independent Mental Health Advocate scheme
  • New procedure for renewal of detention
  • New regulations on conflicts of interest
  • New requirements for age-appropriate accommodation for children
  • NHS Foundation Trusts discharge power problem remedied
  • Organisation of Mental Health Review Tribunal changed
  • Patient can apply to displace nearest relative, who can now be displaced on grounds of unsuitability
  • Patients can be transferred between places of safety under s135 and s136
  • Procedure for making of instruments by Welsh Ministers set out
  • Reference to Local Health Boards inserted into Act
  • Responsible Clinician/Approved Clinician replaces Responsible Medical Officer
  • Restriction orders can no longer be time-limited
  • SOAD certificate becomes invalid when patient loses or gains capacity
  • Some exclusions to definition of mental disorder have been removed
  • Supervised Community Treatment replaces Supervised Discharge
  • Transitional provisions until full implementation of MHA 2007
  • Treatment while under SCT is covered by new Part 4A
• Coronavirus
  • Coronavirus resources
  • Court of Protection and coronavirus
  • Legal Aid and coronavirus
  • Mental capacity and coronavirus
  • Mental Health Tribunal and coronavirus
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  • MHT for Scotland and coronavirus
  • Remote assessments and coronavirus
• Courts
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• General information pages
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  • Ian Brady
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  • Ministry of Justice
  • Miscellaneous external links
  • Murder
  • Newsletters
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  • Power to specify hospital units
  • Public tribunal hearings
  • Repatriation
  • Reports to Prevent Future Deaths
  • Smoking
  • Summary of routes to discharge
  • Summary of types of detention
  • Transfer
  • Victims of crime
  • Victims' rights to make representations and receive information
  • Voting rights for detained patients
  • Welfare benefits
• Glossary pages
  • Glossary
  • Key sources of information
  • Other glossary pages
    • Adult Social Care
    • Advance decision
    • Application of MHA 1983 to Armed Forces
    • Barring order
    • Brief glossary
    • British National Formulary
    • Care Programme Approach
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    • Enduring Power of Attorney
    • Extra-statutory recommendations
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    • Learning disability
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    • Part 36
    • Prison law
    • Recall
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    • Sexual Harm Prevention Order
  • Professionals
    • Appropriate adult
    • Approved Mental Health Professional
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    • Independent Mental Capacity Advocate service
    • Independent Mental Health Advocate service
    • Responsible Clinician
    • Responsible Medical Officer
    • Second Opinion Appointed Doctor
  • Types of detention
    • All types of detention
    • Summary of the detaining sections
  • Types of discharge
    • Deferred discharge
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    • Full discharge of unrestricted patient
    • Summary of types of discharge
    • Supervised discharge
  • Types of patient
    • Restricted patient
    • Technical lifer status
    • Unrestricted patient
• Legislation overviews
  • Mental Capacity Act 2005 Overview
  • Mental Health Act 1983 Overview
  • Mental Health Act 2007 in force dates
  • Mental Health Act 2007 Overview
• Mental capacity law
  • Capacity to consent to sexual relations
  • Court of Protection Practice Directions
  • Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
  • Interface between MHA and MCA
  • Liberty Protection Safeguards
• Organisations
  • Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council
  • All Party Parliamentary Group on Legal Aid
  • Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales
  • Care Services Improvement Partnership
  • Civil Contracts Consultative Group
  • Commission for Social Care Inspection
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  • Court of Protection User Group
  • Crown Prosecution Service
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry
  • European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
  • Family Law Week
  • Fixated Threat Assessment Centre
  • General Medical Council
  • Gov.uk website
  • Health Professions Council
  • Healthcare Commission
  • Healthcare Inspectorate Wales
  • House of Lords Select Committee on the Mental Capacity Act 2005
  • HUDOC
  • International Classification of Diseases (ICD)
  • International Journal of Mental Health and Capacity Law
  • Joint Committee on the Draft Mental Health Bill
  • Judiciary
  • Law Commission
  • Legal Ombudsman
  • Legislation.gov.uk
  • MAPPA
  • Mental Health Act Commission
  • Mental Health Lawyers Association
  • National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health
  • National Mental Health Development Unit
  • National Policing Improvement Agency
  • Office of Fair Trading
  • Office of Public Sector Information
  • Office of the Public Guardian
  • Official Solicitor
  • PPMHG
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  • Sentencing Council
  • Solicitors Regulation Authority
  • Statute Law Database
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  • Venice Commission
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    • Care Quality Commission
    • CQC - DOLS reports
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    • CQC - Other links
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  • Charities
    • Bailii
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    • Inquest (Charity)
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    • Social Care Institute for Excellence
• Other jurisdictions
  • Northern Ireland
    • Mental health law in Northern Ireland
    • Review Tribunal (Northern Ireland)
  • Scotland
    • Mental health law in Scotland
    • Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland
    • Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
  • Southern Ireland
    • Mental health law in Southern Ireland
  • Wales
    • Mental health law in Wales
    • Welsh Assembly emails archive (2010-2012)
• Psychiatry
  • Consent to treatment provisions
  • Covert administration of medication
  • Definition of mental disorder
  • Dual diagnosis
  • Improving Access to Psychological Therapies
  • Insight
  • Psychiatric information
  • Psychiatric medication
  • Psychopathic disorder
  • Treatability test
• Statistics
  • Statistics - Ethnicity
  • Statistics - Ministry of Justice
  • Statistics - Miscellaneous
  • Statistics - NHS Digital - Detention and CTO
  • Statistics - NHS Digital - DOLS
  • Statistics - NHS Digital - Guardianship
  • Statistics - NHS Digital - Other
  • Statistics - Tribunal
  • Statistics - Welsh Assembly Government
• The Law Society
  • Law Society
  • Law Society mental capacity (welfare) accreditation scheme
  • Law Society mental health accreditation scheme
  • Law Society mental health accreditation scheme - CPD requirements
  • Law Society mental health accreditation scheme - guidance documents
• Things to sign up for
  • CPD scheme
  • Email updates
  • Online forum
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• Changes made by MHA 2007
• Coronavirus
• Courts
• Forms
• General information pages
• Glossary pages
• Legislation overviews
• Mental capacity law
• Organisations
  • Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council
  • All Party Parliamentary Group on Legal Aid
  • Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales
  • Care Services Improvement Partnership
  • Civil Contracts Consultative Group
  • Commission for Social Care Inspection
  • Community Care (company)
  • Court of Protection User Group
  • Crown Prosecution Service
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry
  • European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
  • Family Law Week
  • Fixated Threat Assessment Centre
  • General Medical Council
  • Gov.uk website
  • Health Professions Council
  • Healthcare Commission
  • Healthcare Inspectorate Wales
  • House of Lords Select Committee on the Mental Capacity Act 2005
  • HUDOC
  • International Classification of Diseases (ICD)
  • International Journal of Mental Health and Capacity Law
  • Joint Committee on the Draft Mental Health Bill
  • Judiciary
  • Law Commission
  • Legal Ombudsman
  • Legislation.gov.uk
  • MAPPA
  • Mental Health Act Commission
  • Mental Health Lawyers Association
  • National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health
  • National Mental Health Development Unit
  • National Policing Improvement Agency
  • Office of Fair Trading
  • Office of Public Sector Information
  • Office of the Public Guardian
  • Official Solicitor
  • PPMHG
  • Royal College of Psychiatrists
  • Sentencing Council
  • Solicitors Regulation Authority
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  • Venice Commission
  • Care Quality Commission pages
  • Charities
• Other jurisdictions
• Psychiatry
• Statistics
• The Law Society
• Things to sign up for

What links here:

• Mental Health Act 1983
• MHA 1983 s1
• MHA 1983 s2
• MHA 1983 s3
• MHA 1983 s41
• MHA 1983 s25A
• MHA 1983 s17
• MHA 1983 s4
• MHA 1983 s5
• MHA 1983 s19
• MHA 1983 s23
• MHA 1983 s25
• MHA 1983 s26
• MHA 1983 s29
• MHA 1983 s37
• MHA 1983 s47
• MHA 1983 s48
• MHA 1983 s49
• MHA 1983 s6
• MHA 1983 s7
• MHA 1983 s8
• MHA 1983 s9
• MHA 1983 s10
• MHA 1983 s11
• MHA 1983 s12
• MHA 1983 s13
• MHA 1983 s14
• MHA 1983 s15
• Mental Capacity Act 2005
• MHA 1983 s16
• MHA 1983 s18
• MHA 1983 s20
• MHA 1983 s21
• MHA 1983 s22
• MHA 1983 s24
• MHA 1983 s27
• MHA 1983 s28
• MHA 1983 s30
• MHA 1983 s31
• MHA 1983 s32
• MHA 1983 s33
• MHA 1983 s34
• MHA 1983 s35
• MHA 1983 s36
• MHA 1983 s38
• MHA 1983 s39
• MHA 1983 s40
• MHA 1983 s42
• MHA 1983 s43
• MHA 1983 s44
• MHA 1983 s45
• MHA 1983 s46
• MHA 1983 s50
• MHA 1983 s51
• MHA 1983 s52
• MHA 1983 s53
• MHA 1983 s54
• MHA 1983 s55
• MHA 1983 s56
• MHA 1983 s57
• MHA 1983 s58
• MHA 1983 s59
• MHA 1983 s60
• MHA 1983 s61
• MHA 1983 s62
• MHA 1983 s63
• MHA 1983 s64
• MHA 1983 s65
• MHA 1983 s66
• MHA 1983 s67
• MHA 1983 s68
• MHA 1983 s69
• MHA 1983 s70
• MHA 1983 s71
• MHA 1983 s72
• MHA 1983 s73
• MHA 1983 s74
• MHA 1983 s75
• MHA 1983 s76
• MHA 1983 s77
• MHA 1983 s78
• MHA 1983 s79
• MHA 1983 s114
• MHA 1983 s115
• MHA 1983 s116
• MHA 1983 s117
• MHA 1983 s118
• MHA 1983 s119
• MHA 1983 s120
• MHA 1983 s121
• MHA 1983 s122
• MHA 1983 s123
• MHA 1983 s124
• MHA 1983 s125
• MHA 1983 s126
• MHA 1983 s127
• MHA 1983 s128
• MHA 1983 s129
• MHA 1983 s130
• MHA 1983 s131
• MHA 1983 s132
• MHA 1983 s133
• MHA 1983 s134
• MHA 1983 s135
• MHA 1983 s136
• MHA 1983 s137
• MHA 1983 s138
• MHA 1983 s139
• MHA 1983 s140
• MHA 1983 s141
• MHA 1983 s142
• MHA 1983 s143
• MHA 1983 s144
• MHA 1983 s145
• MHA 1983 s146
• MHA 1983 s147
• MHA 1983 s148
• MHA 1983 s149
• MHA 1983 s80
• MHA 1983 s81
• MHA 1983 s82
• MHA 1983 s83
• MHA 1983 s84
• MHA 1983 s85
• MHA 1983 s86
• MHA 1983 s87
• MHA 1983 s88
• MHA 1983 s89
• MHA 1983 s90
• MHA 1983 s91
• MHA 1983 s92
• MHA 1983 sched 1
• MHA 1983 sched 2
• MHA 1983 sched 5
• MHA 1983 sched 3
• MHA 1983 s21A
• MHA 1983 s21B
• MHA 1983 s25B
• MHA 1983 s25C
• MHA 1983 s25D
• MHA 1983 s25E
• MHA 1983 s25F
• MHA 1983 s25G
• MHA 1983 s25H
• MHA 1983 s25I
• MHA 1983 s25J
• MHA 1983 s39A
• MHA 1983 s45A
• MHA 1983 s45B
• MHA 1983 s54A
• MHA 1983 s80A
• MHA 1983 s81A
• MHA 1983 s82A
• MHA 1983 s83A
• MHA 1983 s85A
• MHA 1983 s93
• MHA 1983 s94
• MHA 1983 s95
• MHA 1983 s96
• MHA 1983 s97
• MHA 1983 s98
• MHA 1983 s99
• MHA 1983 s100
• MHA 1983 s101
• MHA 1983 s102
• MHA 1983 s103
• MHA 1983 s104
• MHA 1983 s105
• MHA 1983 s106
• MHA 1983 s107
• MHA 1983 s108
• MHA 1983 s109
• MHA 1983 s110
• MHA 1983 s111
• MHA 1983 s112
• MHA 1983 s113
• MCA 2005 s1
• MCA 2005 s45
• MCA 2005 s62
• MCA 2005 sch 1 pt 1
• MCA 2005 s2
• MCA 2005 s3
• MCA 2005 s4
• MCA 2005 s5
• MCA 2005 s6
• MCA 2005 s7
• MCA 2005 s8
• MCA 2005 s9
• MCA 2005 s10
• MCA 2005 s11
• MCA 2005 s12
• MCA 2005 s13
• MCA 2005 s14
• MCA 2005 s15
• MCA 2005 s16
• MCA 2005 s17
• MCA 2005 s18
• MCA 2005 s19
• MCA 2005 s20
• MCA 2005 s21
• MCA 2005 s22
• MCA 2005 s23
• MCA 2005 s24
• MCA 2005 s25
• MCA 2005 s26
• MCA 2005 s27
• MCA 2005 s28
• MCA 2005 s29
• MCA 2005 s30
• MCA 2005 s31
• MCA 2005 s32
• MCA 2005 s33
• MCA 2005 s34
• MCA 2005 s35
• MCA 2005 s36
• MCA 2005 s37
• MCA 2005 s38
• MCA 2005 s39
• MCA 2005 s40
• MCA 2005 s41
• MCA 2005 s42
• MCA 2005 s43
• MCA 2005 s44
• MCA 2005 s46
• MCA 2005 s47
• MCA 2005 s48
• MCA 2005 s49
• MCA 2005 s50
• MCA 2005 s51
• MCA 2005 s52
• MCA 2005 s53
• MCA 2005 s54
• MCA 2005 s55
• MCA 2005 s56
• MCA 2005 s57
• MCA 2005 s58
• MCA 2005 s59
• MCA 2005 s60
• MCA 2005 s61
• MCA 2005 s63
• MCA 2005 s64
• MCA 2005 s65
• MCA 2005 s66
• MCA 2005 s67
• MCA 2005 s68
• MCA 2005 s69
• MCA 2005 sch 1 pt 2
• MCA 2005 sch 1 pt 3
• MCA 2005 sch 1 pt 4
• MCA 2005 sch 2
• MCA 2005 sch 3 pt 1
• MCA 2005 sch 3 pt 2
• MCA 2005 sch 3 pt 3
• MCA 2005 sch 3 pt 4
• MCA 2005 sch 3 pt 5
• MCA 2005 sch 3 pt 6
• MCA 2005 sch 4 pt 1
• MCA 2005 sch 4 pt 2
• MCA 2005 sch 4 pt 3
• MCA 2005 sch 4 pt 4
• MCA 2005 sch 4 pt 5
• MCA 2005 sch 4 pt 6
• MCA 2005 sch 4 pt 7
• MCA 2005 sch 4 pt 8
• MCA 2005 sch 5 pt 1
• MCA 2005 sch 5 pt 2
• MCA 2005 sch 6
• MCA 2005 sch 7
• MHA 1983 sched 4
• MHA 1983 sched 6
• MHA 1983 s142A
• MHA 1983 s114A
• MHA 1983 s12A
• MHA 1983 s58A
• MHA 1983 s130A
• MHA 1983 s130B
• MHA 1983 s130C
• MHA 1983 s130D
• MHA 1983 s131A
• MHA 1983 s142B
• MHA 1983 s17A
• MHA 1983 s17B
• MHA 1983 s17C
• MHA 1983 s17D
• MHA 1983 s17E
• MHA 1983 s17F
• MHA 1983 s17G
• MHA 1983 s20A
• MHA 1983 s20B
• MHA 1983 s19A
• MHA 1983 s132A
• MHA 1983 s62A
• MHA 1983 s64A
• MHA 1983 s64B
• MHA 1983 s64C
• MHA 1983 s64D
• MHA 1983 s64E
• MHA 1983 s64F
• MHA 1983 s64G
• MHA 1983 s64H
• MHA 1983 s64I
• MHA 1983 s64J
• MHA 1983 s64K
• MHA 1983 s68A
• MHA 1983 s80ZA
• MHA 1983 s80B
• MHA 1983 s80C
• MHA 1983 s80D
• MHA 1983 s81ZA
• MHA 1983 s83ZA
• MHA 1983 s85ZA
• MCA 2005 s4A
• MCA 2005 s4B
• MCA 2005 s16A
• MCA 2005 sch A1
• MCA 2005 sch 1A
• MCA 2005 s21A
• MCA 2005 s39A
• MCA 2005 s39B
• MCA 2005 s39C
• MCA 2005 s39D
• MCA 2005 s39E
• MHA 1983 s134A
• MHA 1983 s120A
• MHA 1983 s120B
• MHA 1983 s120C
• MHA 1983 s120D
• MHA 1983 s78A
• MHA 1983 s64FA
• MHA 1983 s12ZA
• MHA 1983 s12ZB
• MHA 1983 s12ZC
• MHA 1983 s114ZA
• MHA 1983 s130E
• MHA 1983 s130F
• MHA 1983 s130G
• MHA 1983 s130H
• MHA 1983 s130I
• MHA 1983 s130J
• MHA 1983 s130K
• MHA 1983 s130L
• MHA 1983 s136A
• MHA 1983 s136B
• MHA 1983 s136C