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Mental Health Act 1983

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Version Superseded: 01/04/2013

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Mental Health Act 1983, Section 122 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 31 October 2024. 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. Help about Changes to Legislation

122 Provision of pocket money for in-patients in hospital.E+W+S

(1)The Secretary of State may pay to persons who are receiving treatment as in-patients (whether liable to be detained or not) in [F1 special hospitals or other hospitals, being hospitals]wholly or mainly used for the treatment of persons suffering from mental disorder, such amounts as he thinks fit in respect of their occasional personal expenses where it appears to him that they would otherwise be without resources to meet those expenses.

(2)For the purposes of the [F2National Health Service Act 2006 and the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006] , the making of payments under this section to persons for whom hospital services are provided under [F3either of those Acts] shall be treated as included among those services.

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