Commencement of provisions2

The following provisions of the 2007 Act shall come into force on 1st April 2008 for the purpose only of making regulations—

a

section 18 (approved mental health professionals);

b

section 30 (independent mental health advocates) –

i

subsection (2), insofar as it inserts a new section 130A into the 1983 Act;

ii

subsection (3);

c

section 32 (community treatment orders, etc)—

i

subsection (2), insofar as it inserts a new section 17F into the 1983 Act;

ii

subsection (4), insofar as it gives effect to paragraph 4 of Schedule 3; and

d

section 35 (authority to treat) insofar as it inserts a new section 64H into the 1983 Act.