Search Legislation

Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003

 Help about what version

What Version

 Help about advanced features

Advanced Features

 Help about opening options

Opening OptionsExpand opening options

Changes over time for: Cross Heading: The Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20)

 Help about opening options

No versions valid at: 01/03/2004

Alternative versions:

Status:

Point in time view as at 01/03/2004. This version of this cross heading contains provisions that are not valid for this point in time. Help about Status

Changes to legislation:

There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003, Cross Heading: The Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20). Help about Changes to Legislation

Valid from 01/04/2004

The Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20)E+W

50E+WThe Mental Health Act 1983 is amended as follows.

51E+WIn section 12 (general provisions as to medical recommendation), in subsection (3), at the end there is inserted “ or otherwise to be accommodated, by virtue of an undertaking to pay in respect of the accommodation, in a hospital vested in an NHS foundation trust ”.

52E+WIn section 19 (regulations as to transfer of patients), in subsection (3), after “National Health Service trust” (in both places) there is inserted “ , NHS foundation trust ”.

53E+WIn section 23 (discharge of patients)—

(a)in subsection (3), after “National Health Service trust,” (in both places) there is inserted “ NHS foundation trust, ”,

(b)in subsection (4), after “trust” (in the first place it occurs) there is inserted “ (other than an NHS foundation trust) ”,

(c)after subsection (5), there is inserted—

(6)The powers conferred by this section on any NHS foundation trust may be exercised by any three or more non-executive directors of the board of the trust authorised by the board in that behalf.

54E+WIn section 24 (visiting and examination by patients), in subsection (3), for “or National Health Service trust” (in both places) there is substituted “ , National Health Service trust or NHS foundation trust ”.

55E+WIn section 32 (regulations for purposes of Part 2), in subsection (3), for “or National Health Service trusts” there is substituted “ , National Health Service trusts or NHS foundation trusts ”.

56E+WIn section 139 (protection for acts done in pursuance of this Act), in subsection (4), at the end there is inserted “ or NHS foundation trust ”.

57E+WIn section 145 (interpretation), in subsection (1), after paragraph (bb) of the definition of “the managers” there is inserted—

(bc)in relation to a hospital vested in an NHS foundation trust, the trust;.

Back to top

Options/Help

You have chosen to open The Whole Act

The Whole Act you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.

Would you like to continue?

You have chosen to open The Whole Act as a PDF

The Whole Act you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download.

Would you like to continue?

You have chosen to open the Whole Act

The Whole Act you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.

Would you like to continue?

You have chosen to open the Whole Act without Schedules

The Whole Act without Schedules you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.

Would you like to continue?

You have chosen to open Schedules only

The Schedules you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.

Would you like to continue?