Legislation
Legislation relevant to mental health practitioners.
Legislation
MHA 1983 etc
The UK Statute Law Database: Mental Health Act 1983
Mental Health Review Tribunal Rules 1983
Mental Health (Hospital, Guardianship and Consent to Treatment) Regulations 1983
Code of Practice Mental Health Act 1983
The UK Statute Law Database: The Mental Capacity Act 2005
Mental Health Bill 2006 - proposed amendments to the MHA 1983, Code of Practice and Memorandum
Crime
Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 (as amended)
Criminal Procedure (Insanity and Unfitness to Plead) Act 1991
Other
National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990
European Convention on Human Rights
Amending legislation
These are listed in chronological (then alphabetical) order. The amendments have been applied to the text on this site.
Acts/SIs amending CPIA 1964
Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974
Criminal Procedure (Insanity and Unfitness to Plead) Act 1991
Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002
Domestic Violence Crime and Victims Act 2004
Acts/SIs amending the MHA 1983
Health and Social Security Act 1984
Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984
Police And Criminal Evidence Act 1984
Mental Health (Northern Ireland Consequential Amendments) Order 1986
Public Trustee and Administration of Funds Act 1986
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990
NHS and Community Care Act 1990
Children Act 1989 (Consequential Amendment of Enactments) 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 (Patients in the Community) Act 1995
Mental Health (Patients in the Community) (Transfers from Scotland) Regulations 1996
Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No 2) Order 1999
Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998
Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999
Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000
Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000
Health Act 1999 (Supplementary, Consequential, etc Provisions) Order 2000
NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002
Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000
Power of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000
Health and Social Care Act 2001
Mental Health Act 1983 (Remedial) Order 2001
Adoption and Children Act 2002
Nationality, Immigration & Asylum Act 2002
Primary Care Trusts (Functions) (England) Amendment Regulations 2002
Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003
Domestic Violence Crime and Victims Act 2004
Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2004
Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004
Constitutional Reform Act 2005
Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2005
Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005
Acts/SIs amending MHRT Rules 1983
Mental Health Review Tribunal (Amendment) Rules 1996
Mental Health Review Tribunal (Amendment) Rules 1998
Acts/SIs amending MH Regs 1983
Mental Health (Hospital, Guardianship and Consent to Treatment) Amendment Regulations 1997
Acts/SIs amending MCA 2005
Lord Chancellor (Transfer of Functions and Supplementary Provisions) (No.2) Order 2006