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The Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2008

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3.  The following provisions come into force on 1st April 2008 –

(a)section 17 (regulations as to approvals in relation to England and Wales);

(b)section 18 (approved mental health professionals) insofar as it inserts a definition of “appropriate national authority” and “approved mental health professional” in subsections (9) and (10) of new section 114 of the 1983 Act;

(c)section 22 (conflicts of interest), subsection (5), which inserts a new section 12A into the 1983 Act;

(d)section 30 (independent mental health advocates), subsection (2), insofar as it inserts a definition of “appropriate national authority” in subsection (5) of new section 130C into the 1983 Act;

(e)section 35 (authority to treat) insofar as it inserts a definition of “appropriate national authority” in subsection (9) of new section 64H into the 1983 Act;

(f)section 39 (cross-border arrangements), subsection (2), insofar as it gives effect to paragraphs 2 and 5 of Schedule 5;

(g)section 47 (Welsh Ministers: procedure for instruments); and

(h)section 54 (consequential provisions).

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