Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004, Paragraph 23 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 06 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
23(1)Schedule 5 to that Act (transitional and saving provisions) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)For paragraph 21 substitute—
“21Any direction to which section 71(4) of the Mental Health Act 1959 applied immediately before the commencement of this Act shall have the same effect as a hospital order together with a restriction order, made without limitation of time.”
(3)In paragraph 37(2), for “direction under section 46 of this Act” substitute “ hospital order together with a restriction order, made without limitation of time ”.
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