<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/enacted</dc:identifier>
<dc:title>Health Act 2009</dc:title>
<dc:subject>National Health Service (NHS)</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>Foundation hospitals</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>NHS management</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>Mental health trusts</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>Mental health promotion</dc:subject>
<dc:language>en</dc:language>
<dc:publisher>King's Printer of Acts of Parliament</dc:publisher>
<dc:modified>2013-07-23</dc:modified>
<atom:link rel="self" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/enacted/data.xml" type="application/xml"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/resources" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/resources" title="More Resources"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/notes" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/21/notes" title="Explanatory Notes"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/notes/toc" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/notes/contents" title="Explanatory Notes Table of Contents"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/act" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/enacted" title="whole act"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/introduction" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/introduction/enacted" title="introduction"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/body" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/enacted" title="body"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/schedules" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/schedules/enacted" title="schedules"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/rdf+xml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/enacted/data.rdf" title="RDF/XML"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/akn+xml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/enacted/data.akn" title="AKN"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/enacted/data.xht" title="HTML snippet"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/enacted/data.htm" title="Website (XHTML) Default View"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="text/csv" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/enacted/data.csv" title="CSV"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/enacted/data.pdf" title="PDF"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/akn+xhtml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/enacted/data.html" title="HTML5 snippet"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/tableOfContents" hreflang="en" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/contents/enacted" title="Table of Contents"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/2009-11-12" title="2009-11-12"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/2010-01-12" title="2010-01-12"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/2010-01-19" title="2010-01-19"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/2010-02-15" title="2010-02-15"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/2010-03-18" title="2010-03-18"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/2010-04-01" title="2010-04-01"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/2010-05-24" title="2010-05-24"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/2010-10-01" title="2010-10-01"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/2011-10-01" title="2011-10-01"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/2012-02-01" title="2012-02-01"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/2012-03-01" title="2012-03-01"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/2012-04-06" title="2012-04-06"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/2012-07-01" title="2012-07-01"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/2012-09-01" title="2012-09-01"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/2012-10-01" title="2012-10-01"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/2012-10-31" title="2012-10-31"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/2012-11-01" title="2012-11-01"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/2012-12-03" title="2012-12-03"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/2013-04-01" title="2013-04-01"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/2015-04-01" title="2015-04-01"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/2015-04-06" title="2015-04-06"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/2017-11-30" title="2017-11-30"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/2022-07-01" title="2022-07-01"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/2023-02-01" title="2023-02-01"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/2023-04-01" title="2023-04-01"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/2023-09-26" title="2023-09-26"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/2023-10-01" title="2023-10-01"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body/2024-02-28" title="2024-02-28"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/body" title="current"/>
<atom:link rel="up" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/enacted" title="Entire legislation"/>
<atom:link rel="prev" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/introduction/enacted" title="Introduction; Introduction"/>
<atom:link rel="prevInForce" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/introduction/enacted" title="Introduction; Introduction"/>
<atom:link rel="next" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/schedule/1/enacted" title="Schedule; Schedule 1"/>
<atom:link rel="nextInForce" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/schedule/1/enacted" title="Schedule; Schedule 1"/>
<ukm:PrimaryMetadata>
<ukm:DocumentClassification>
<ukm:DocumentCategory Value="primary"/>
<ukm:DocumentMainType Value="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct"/>
<ukm:DocumentStatus Value="final"/>
...</ukm:DocumentClassification>
<ukm:Year Value="2009"/>
<ukm:Number Value="21"/>
<ukm:EnactmentDate Date="2009-11-12"/>
<ukm:UnappliedEffects>
<ukm:UnappliedEffect Type="omitted" EffectId="key-8ea49f41896e8bb0548e7a361b5089e7" AffectedNumber="21" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/21" AffectedProvisions="s. 2(2)(c)" Modified="2018-06-29T10:23:43Z" AffectingNumber="7" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-8ea49f41896e8bb0548e7a361b5089e7" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" AffectingYear="2012" RequiresApplied="true" AffectingEffectsExtent="S+A+M+E+A+S+A+F+F+E+C+T+E+D" AffectedYear="2009" AffectingProvisions="Sch. 14 para. 113" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/7" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Row="2314">
<ukm:AffectedTitle>Health Act 2009</ukm:AffectedTitle>
<ukm:AffectedProvisions>
<ukm:Section Ref="section-2-2-c" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/21/section/2/2/c">s. 2(2)(c)</ukm:Section>
...</ukm:AffectedProvisions>
<ukm:AffectingTitle>Health and Social Care Act 2012</ukm:AffectingTitle>
<ukm:AffectingProvisions>
<ukm:Section Ref="schedule-14" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/7/schedule/14">Sch. 14 </ukm:Section>
<ukm:Section Ref="schedule-14-paragraph-113" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/7/schedule/14/paragraph/113">para. 113</ukm:Section>
...</ukm:AffectingProvisions>
<ukm:Savings>
<ukm:Section Ref="section-179-5-b" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/7/section/179/5/b">s. 179(5)(b)</ukm:Section>
...</ukm:Savings>
<ukm:CommencementAuthority>
<ukm:Section Ref="section-306-4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/7/section/306/4">s. 306(4)</ukm:Section>
...</ukm:CommencementAuthority>
<ukm:InForceDates>
<ukm:InForce Applied="false" Prospective="true" Qualification=""/>
...</ukm:InForceDates>
...</ukm:UnappliedEffect>
<ukm:UnappliedEffect AffectedYear="2009" Modified="2018-06-29T10:23:43Z" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" EffectId="key-3c3f0a543721b764f8ebc59406586900" RequiresApplied="true" AffectingNumber="7" AffectingProvisions="Sch. 14 para. 114" AffectedNumber="21" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-3c3f0a543721b764f8ebc59406586900" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Type="omitted" AffectingYear="2012" Row="2315" AffectedProvisions="s. 8(2)(b)" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/7" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/21" AffectingEffectsExtent="S+A+M+E+A+S+A+F+F+E+C+T+E+D">
<ukm:AffectedTitle>Health Act 2009</ukm:AffectedTitle>
<ukm:AffectedProvisions>
<ukm:Section Ref="section-8-2-b" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/21/section/8/2/b">s. 8(2)(b)</ukm:Section>
...</ukm:AffectedProvisions>
<ukm:AffectingTitle>Health and Social Care Act 2012</ukm:AffectingTitle>
<ukm:AffectingProvisions>
<ukm:Section Ref="schedule-14" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/7/schedule/14">Sch. 14 </ukm:Section>
<ukm:Section Ref="schedule-14-paragraph-114" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/7/schedule/14/paragraph/114">para. 114</ukm:Section>
...</ukm:AffectingProvisions>
<ukm:Savings>
<ukm:Section Ref="section-179-5-b" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/7/section/179/5/b">s. 179(5)(b)</ukm:Section>
...</ukm:Savings>
<ukm:CommencementAuthority>
<ukm:Section Ref="section-306-4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/7/section/306/4">s. 306(4)</ukm:Section>
...</ukm:CommencementAuthority>
<ukm:InForceDates>
<ukm:InForce Applied="false" Prospective="true" Qualification=""/>
...</ukm:InForceDates>
...</ukm:UnappliedEffect>
<ukm:UnappliedEffect RequiresApplied="true" AffectedNumber="21" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-43b4ff84ae1d25734fc79e24b3efce78" AffectingYear="2022" Modified="2024-04-16T15:01:14Z" AffectedProvisions="s. 2(6)(a)" AffectingEffectsExtent="S+A+M+E+A+S+A+F+F+E+C+T+E+D" Type="substituted" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/31" Row="767" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" AffectedYear="2009" AffectingNumber="31" EffectId="key-43b4ff84ae1d25734fc79e24b3efce78" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/21" AffectingProvisions="Sch. 3 para. 57(a)" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct">
<ukm:AffectedTitle>Health Act 2009</ukm:AffectedTitle>
<ukm:AffectedProvisions>
<ukm:Section Ref="section-2-6-a" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/21/section/2/6/a">s. 2(6)(a)</ukm:Section>
...</ukm:AffectedProvisions>
<ukm:AffectingTitle>Health and Care Act 2022</ukm:AffectingTitle>
<ukm:AffectingProvisions>
<ukm:Section Ref="schedule-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/31/schedule/3">Sch. 3 </ukm:Section>
<ukm:Section Ref="schedule-3-paragraph-57-a" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/31/schedule/3/paragraph/57/a">para. 57(a)</ukm:Section>
...</ukm:AffectingProvisions>
<ukm:CommencementAuthority>
<ukm:Section Ref="section-186-6" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/31/section/186/6">s. 186(6)</ukm:Section>
...</ukm:CommencementAuthority>
<ukm:InForceDates>
<ukm:InForce Applied="false" Prospective="true" Qualification=""/>
...</ukm:InForceDates>
...</ukm:UnappliedEffect>
<ukm:UnappliedEffect AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" AffectingYear="2022" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-183cf67d1094ec2e01b85029b9b07aa6" AffectedProvisions="s. 2(6)(ca)" EffectId="key-183cf67d1094ec2e01b85029b9b07aa6" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/21" AffectingProvisions="Sch. 3 para. 57(b)" AffectedNumber="21" Type="inserted" RequiresApplied="true" AffectingEffectsExtent="S+A+M+E+A+S+A+F+F+E+C+T+E+D" Modified="2024-04-16T15:01:14Z" Row="768" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/31" AffectedYear="2009" AffectingNumber="31" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct">
<ukm:AffectedTitle>Health Act 2009</ukm:AffectedTitle>
<ukm:AffectedProvisions>
<ukm:Section Ref="section-2-6-ca" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/21/section/2/6/ca" FoundRef="section-2">s. 2(6)(ca)</ukm:Section>
...</ukm:AffectedProvisions>
<ukm:AffectingTitle>Health and Care Act 2022</ukm:AffectingTitle>
<ukm:AffectingProvisions>
<ukm:Section Ref="schedule-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/31/schedule/3">Sch. 3 </ukm:Section>
<ukm:Section Ref="schedule-3-paragraph-57-b" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/31/schedule/3/paragraph/57/b">para. 57(b)</ukm:Section>
...</ukm:AffectingProvisions>
<ukm:CommencementAuthority>
<ukm:Section Ref="section-186-6" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/31/section/186/6">s. 186(6)</ukm:Section>
...</ukm:CommencementAuthority>
<ukm:InForceDates>
<ukm:InForce Applied="false" Prospective="true" Qualification=""/>
...</ukm:InForceDates>
...</ukm:UnappliedEffect>
<ukm:UnappliedEffect RequiresApplied="true" AffectingProvisions="Sch. 3 para. 57(c)" AffectedYear="2009" Type="inserted" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/21" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/31" Row="769" AffectedProvisions="s. 2(6)(ea)" AffectingEffectsExtent="S+A+M+E+A+S+A+F+F+E+C+T+E+D" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" EffectId="key-e0739cba9c96a2c89903a5c7088f0402" AffectedNumber="21" AffectingYear="2022" AffectingNumber="31" Modified="2024-04-16T15:01:14Z" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-e0739cba9c96a2c89903a5c7088f0402">
<ukm:AffectedTitle>Health Act 2009</ukm:AffectedTitle>
<ukm:AffectedProvisions>
<ukm:Section Ref="section-2-6-ea" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/21/section/2/6/ea" FoundRef="section-2">s. 2(6)(ea)</ukm:Section>
...</ukm:AffectedProvisions>
<ukm:AffectingTitle>Health and Care Act 2022</ukm:AffectingTitle>
<ukm:AffectingProvisions>
<ukm:Section Ref="schedule-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/31/schedule/3">Sch. 3 </ukm:Section>
<ukm:Section Ref="schedule-3-paragraph-57-c" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/31/schedule/3/paragraph/57/c">para. 57(c)</ukm:Section>
...</ukm:AffectingProvisions>
<ukm:CommencementAuthority>
<ukm:Section Ref="section-186-6" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/31/section/186/6">s. 186(6)</ukm:Section>
...</ukm:CommencementAuthority>
<ukm:InForceDates>
<ukm:InForce Applied="false" Prospective="true" Qualification=""/>
...</ukm:InForceDates>
...</ukm:UnappliedEffect>
<ukm:UnappliedEffect AffectingYear="2011" RequiresApplied="false" Row="9" EffectId="key-69024502aa60986e639c7ca1a62ee754" AffectedEffectsExtent="S+A+M+E+A+S+A+F+F+E+C+T+E+D" Comments="Amendment reflected in Appended Commentary in EXTOES for 2010 SI1068. No further action required?" AffectedYear="2009" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" TypeNotes="amendment to earlier commencing SI 2010/1068 art. 2" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" AffectingNumber="1255" Modified="2018-02-02T16:30:26Z" AffectedProvisions="specified provision(s)" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2011/1255" AffectedNumber="21" AffectingProvisions="art. 2" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/21" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-69024502aa60986e639c7ca1a62ee754" Type="amendment to earlier commencing SI 2010/1068 art. 2" Notes="commencement order for 2009 c. 21">
<ukm:AffectedTitle>Health Act 2009</ukm:AffectedTitle>
<ukm:AffectedProvisions>specified provision(s)</ukm:AffectedProvisions>
<ukm:AffectingTitle>The Health Act 2009 (Commencement No.3) (Amendment) Order 2011</ukm:AffectingTitle>
<ukm:AffectingProvisions>
<ukm:Section Ref="article-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2011/1255/article/2">art. 2</ukm:Section>
...</ukm:AffectingProvisions>
<ukm:Commenced>
commencement order for <ukm:Citation Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/21" Year="2009" Number="21" Title="Health Act 2009">2009 c. 21</ukm:Citation>
...</ukm:Commenced>
<ukm:InForceDates>
<ukm:InForce Prospective="true" Qualification=""/>
...</ukm:InForceDates>
...</ukm:UnappliedEffect>
...</ukm:UnappliedEffects>
...</ukm:PrimaryMetadata>
<ukm:Notes>
<ukm:Note IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/21/notes" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/notes"/>
<ukm:Alternatives>
<ukm:Alternative Date="2009-12-16" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/pdfs/ukpgaen_20090021_en.pdf" Title="Explanatory Note"/>
...</ukm:Alternatives>
...</ukm:Notes>
<ukm:Alternatives>
<ukm:Alternative Date="2009-11-24" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/21/pdfs/ukpga_20090021_en.pdf" Title="Print Version"/>
...</ukm:Alternatives>
<ukm:Statistics>
<ukm:TotalParagraphs Value="199"/>
<ukm:BodyParagraphs Value="88"/>
<ukm:ScheduleParagraphs Value="111"/>
<ukm:AttachmentParagraphs Value="0"/>
<ukm:TotalImages Value="0"/>
...</ukm:Statistics>