Legislation – Mental Health Act 2025
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Treatment
14Medicine etc: treatment in other circumstances
In section 58 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (treatment requiring consent or a second opinion)—
(a)
in subsection (1)(b), for “three” substitute “two”
;
(b)
in subsection (3)(a), after “has consented to it” insert “, that the treatment constitutes appropriate medical treatment”
;
(c)
in subsection (4), for “(3)(b) above the registered medical practitioner concerned” substitute “(3) the person giving the certificate”
.