The duty imposed on the Secretary of State by section 1 above to provide services for the purposes of the health service includes a duty to provide and maintain establishments (in this Act referred to as ”special hospitals”) for persons subject to detention under [F1the M1Mental Health Act 1983] who in his opinion require treatment under conditions of special security on account of their dangerous, violent or criminal propensities.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20, SIF 85), ss. 131(1), 148, Sch. 4 para. 47(a)
Marginal Citations
M11983 c. 20(85).